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I  S  S  A  Y 

In  Defence  of  the 

FEMALE  SEX. 

In  which  ere  infeited  the 

CHARACTERS 


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To  Her  ^jal  Hi^^hnejs  th^ 

Princefs  Anne  ^Dcnm?rk* 

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IF  in  adventuring  no  lay  this  litflp 
Piece  at  your  Highnelies  1-  ect,  ancj 
humbly  tobegyouiKoyal  Protccitiou 
of  it,  I  have  preium'd  too  f3r,be  plcas'4 
to  impute  it  to  your  own,  moil  gracir 
bus  Goodnefs^thc  knowledge  of  which 
cncotirag'd  me.  Our  Sex  are  by  Na^ 
turc  tender  of  their  own  Off-fpring, 
and  may  be  allow'd  to  have  more 
fondncfs  for  thofe  of  the  Brain,  then 
any  other  ;  bccaufc  they  are  fo  itw^ 
and  meet  with  lb  many  Hncmics  at 
their  Hfll  appearance  in  the  World, 
I  hope  therefore  toiind  pardon,if  like* 
an  indulgent  Parent,  1  have  cndea- 
vour'd  to  advance  my  tirll  ik)n),  by 
entering  it  very  early  into  your  High- 
nclfes  Service. 

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I     DEDICATION. 
I  have  not  prelum'd  to  approach 
your  Highnefs  out  of  an)  ConHdcncc 
in  the  merits  of  this  Lllayjbut  of  the 
Caufc  which  it  pleads,  wherein  the 
Honour  of  the  whole  Sex  fecm'd  to 
cxadt  of  nic  no  Icfs  a  Patronage  than 
tliat  of  ilic  licit,  as  well  as  Gu-atcll 
among  'cm,  whom  they  aic|  all  am- 
bitious to  ice  ac  their  head.     I  have 
only  c  ndcavour'd  to  reduce  the  SexTS 
to  a  Ixvcl,  and  by  Arguments  to 
raife  (Xus  to  an  Equallity  at  moft 
with  the  Men:  But  your  Highnefs 
by  Illurtrious  h.xamplc  daily  convin- 
ces tljie  Workl  of  our  Superiority, 
and  v|e  fee  with  wonder,  Vertues  ki 
y{5U,  Madam,  greater  than  your  Birth. 
'  Jn  th  s  I  am  peculiarly  happy,  that  I 
am  evempted  from  tliecommonTask 
of  orher  J  )edicat:ois,  who  lie  under 
an  Obligation  of  publi/hing  to  the 
rhofe   b'.xcellcncies  of  thcif 


Woi 

\>'herc 
it  \\t 


.1 

.s,  which   pciliaps  appear   no 

but  in  rlieii  1  'piltles.     Jn  me 

c  as  great  folly,  to  pretend  to 

i  \\\l\C 


DEDICATION. 

make  known  the  llluftrious  Quali- 
ties of  your  Highnei's,  as  it  woim  be 
to  go  about  to  demonilrate  by  Ar4 
gument,  that  the  Sun  Hiin-d,  to.  a  . 
Crowd  that  are  warm'd  by  the  Influ- 
ence of  it. 

1  had  attempted  the  Chara(!:ter  of 
a  confummate  Woman,  could  1,  tho" 
but  faintly  have  lliaddow'd  the  ini- 
mitable Graces  of  your  H  ighnels ;  but  , 
the  impoflibility  of  that  lask fore d 
me  to  dclill.  It  were  ealy  here  to 
lanch  into  thofc  glorious  j\iiticulars, 
which  afhrmed  of  any  other  than 
your  Royal  Highnels,  would  have  . 
been  extravagance  of  i' lattery  ;  but 
to  you  Injultice,  and  in  me  the  high- 
ell:  prefumption,  to  attempt  with  my 
feeble  Hand  thofe  Perfections,  which 
the  ablell  mult  tall  inlinitelv  Ihort 
of.  IhelulLrcof  your  Royal  Vertues, 
Madam,  like  the  Sun,  gives  us 
warmth  aiid  light,  and  while  at  a 
modcll  diilance  we  admire  it,  im- 
proves our  iiglit,  which  too  boJd  a 
A    :  i     view 


in 


__  _    ^frtAg  jneanift  is4 

mo™  igP^^  ^  ^^'^  Gforks^ 
whidi  tl>e  mbft  txquiflte  Amft  can 
never  exweft.  The  World  therefor? 
will  rather  iuftity  than  comdemnmy 
conduft,  it  1  do  pot  wrpnc  fo  brighc 
anOiiginalwithaaarkobfcuitCopy* 

'   Uidam,  Tbo'  the  worid  may  con* 
4emn  my  pcrformana,  it  muft  aw 
plaud  my  choice  in  this  Addrels,  anc^ 
bwntha't  Hadlknownaswellhowto 
Ar^c,  as  to  Inftance,  I  muft  infelhr 
bly  have  Tri^imph'd  oyer  allOppoli- 
tiofi.     It  may  be  eafic  to  evade,  or 
baffle  the  force  of  my  Arguments, 
butl  it  b  impofliblewitKouttheutf 
jitoft  Stupidity,  and  Injufticc  to  deny 
^  manifcft  Advantages  of  thole 
itluftrious  Graces,  whiloh  raife  your 
Highnefs  fo  far  above  theirs  as  well 
as  your  bwn  Sex.    Iti  this  I  have  im^ 
itated  the  condnft  of  prudent  Gene- 
TSiLi^  wbcn  they   doubt  the 
fcfficiency  bf  their  ftreiigth,  retire 
tbi  IflSrfnc  ftiong  Fort,  and  reft^  fo: 
^  '     ^    '  cure 


which  fhb'  the  fcaftfjyftifl;^,  wa$ 
n^vcrthelefe  m6ft  prevaiek  Wkhme 
to  devote  AijEflfify  CO  yow'Highrieft. 
M7  Ambitioivro  /Ifttv  Ac  profound 
R.efpe<5ts  I  have  alway*  had  for  joQr 
Mighnefs-,  ivtouldnorfoflcrmctofct 
flip  any  occafion  of  expreffing  it,  c- 
vcn  tho  Iblu^  for  the  mcancls  of  it. 
Thus  I  find  m;  itif  redoc'd  by  my 
Zeal,  to  the  condition  of  poor  Te- 
nants, who  muft  expofe  their  Pover- 
ty, to  ihew  their  Aifeaion  to  their 
Lord  in  a  worthlefs  Prefcnt.  I  am 
fcnfiWe  of  the  raftmefs  of  my  Ambi- 
tion in  afpiring  to  tlie  Patronage  of 
Your  Highnefs,  and  the  need  I  have 
of  an  Apology ;  but  were  I  able  to 
make  one  as  I  ought,  I  fliould  have 
taken  care  to  have  had  lefs  occafion 
for  it.  Yet  I  doubt  not  from  Yoiir 
Goodnefs  that  Indulgence,  which  I 
cannot  expert  from  Your  Tuftice, 
nor  but  that  you  will  ( like  Heaven, 
A  4  whofc 


wh0(fri9lpPinimediate  Images  Prior 
fif&  ^rc )  accept  my  unprofitable  Ser- 
vice, for  the  jinceripy  with  yvhich  it 
is -tenderU  If  my  i^ifeign'd  Spbr 
miflion  may  ptocur^  pardon  for  my 
^refamption,  th^  Y pMr ,  IJappinch 
may  equal  Ypur  illulVipus  Vertues, 
andj  Your  Rdval  Pcrfon  be  as  for 
.out  I  of  the  rcacra  of  Fortune,  as  youj: 
Fame  and  Honour  of  Detraction, 
ifhall  ever  be  the  praycfscf 


Madam, 

T(mr  Reyal  Highnefs's 
m^  Hmnbk,  nmjl 
OhJientf  and  mofl 
Pcvoted  SeruaMf^ 


PREFACE. 

PRefacesto  mofl  Books,  are  like  Pro- 
iocuto/i  to  FKppet'Sbows,  they 
comefirfi  to  tell  you  what  Figures  are 
tp  he  prejentei,  and  what  Tricks  they 
are  to  play  f  According  therefore  to 
andent  and  latfdahle  Cufipm,  I  have 
thought  ft  to  let  you  know  hy  wayofPre' 
face,or  Adyertifement,(callit  whichyou 
pleafe)  that  here  are  manyfne  Figures 
within  to  be  feen,  as  well  worth  your 
curiofity,  as  anv  in  Smithficld  at  Bar- 
tholomew Tide.  I  will  not  deny, Re jt 
der,  but  that  you  may  have  feen  feme 
jff'em  there  already ;  to  thofe  that  have, 
I  have  little  more  to  fay,  than  th<ft  if 
they  have  a  mind  to  fee  thcfn  again  in 
B^gie,  they  m^y  do  it  here,  What  is 
it  you  wou'd  have  f  Here  are  St. 
George's,  Batemans,  John  Dories, 
PunchincJlo's,4i»</'//;f  Creation  of  the 
World,  or  what's  as  good ;  here's  the 
Cerraan  Artifl;  too,  or  one  that  can 
Jhow  more  Tricks  than  ke:  If  ail  this 
VmU  not  invite  jou,  y\tre  grown, mort 
.    ~  •  fque.iti^/jh 


PS' J  t§  h,  and  'the poor  Boekfellor  will 
make  ht  an  indifferent  Market  of  you. 
tVell/kt  the  tborff  eome  to  the  worjl, 
'tis  hutjhiftini  thefcene  to  Smithficid, 
knd  makinr  an  Inter  eft  in  half  a  do^n 
l^izer^Masks  to  befureofymr  Confix 
ify:  But  he,  good  Man,  is  defirens  to 
fleafe  you  atfirft  hand,  and  therefhre 
has  fat  a  fine  PiUure  in  the  front  to 
'invite you  in,  fo  like  fome  af  you  (  as 
he  protefls  )  that  you  oWht  never  look 
ik  a  Glafs  Main,  if  it  offends  you.   For 
my  fart,  I  declare,  he  has  aSled  clear 
aiainfl  my  Opinion  in  this  cafe,  and  fo 
he  has  been  told;  for  many  a  poor  M^n 
has  loft  the  fhowingof  his  Menfter,  by 
gratifying  the  curiefity  of  the  gaping 
Crowd  with  too  exall  a  piliure  with- 
cilt  doors.    Beftdes,  there's  an  unlucky 
Rogue  of  a  left-handed  Barber,  that 
looks  like  an  ill  Omen  in  the  beginning. 
Hems  told  too,  that  if  he  mu'dpleafe 
rm>fl  of  you,  he  ought  to  take  example 
^your  Gtaffes,  and  flatter  you.     let 
hi  continued  obftinate  and  unmoveable 
td'allthefe  weighty  Reafons,  and  is  fo 
jokdly  bent  for  his  Figure,  that  he  re* 
Joh'd  againft  all  advice  to  have  ». 

Nay, 


tfify,  mdke  iim'd  hav^  ._. „^ 

dtrmatb  it  tot,  which,  he  fmst  mifb 
more  leith  yw,  than  all  the  Reborn 
in  the  world,  i  thought  fit  to  let  you 
know  this,  that  the  Bookfeller  might 
not  lefe  the  credit  tf  his  Fancy,  if  it 
^kes  MthyoUj  as  he  is  perfwaded  it 
Wfll.  For  you  nrnft  know,  I  am  a  great 
lover  of  flrUl  Juflice,  and  therefort 
would  by  no  means  Rob,  tr  Defraud 
him  of  the  Glory  ef  his  Invention,  or 
by  any  finder  way  full ie,  or  dimnijh 
the  Honour,  or  Reputation  tfhis  farts 
and  Ingenuity.  For  the  fame  Reafon 
likewije  I  muft  acquaint  you,  that  the 
Rhimes  are  none  of  mine  neither  \  and 
now  my  hand  is  in,  I  don't  much  care 
if  I  tell  you,  that  I  am  not  very  good 
at  that  ingenious  Recreation,  culled 
Crambo,  from  which  fome  rife  to  be 
very  cenjiderabie  Rhimen.  this  n^ 
is  more  than  I  Was  oblig'd  to  tell  yout 
and  therefore  I  hope  no  body  will  denyl 
but  that  I  deal  ingenuoujly  at  k\\jt 
with  you. 

This  one  would  think  were  Preface 
fttficient ;  but  there  are  fome  Men  fo 
impertinently  curious,  that  they  mtf/l 
\ietds  have  a  Reafon  for  every  thin^^ 
'     .  that 


i 


->^,.         Prciacc. 

amfh  Jone  in  the  WcrU,  tho'  it  were 
;i»  tkeir  favour  {for  which  perhaps  it 
Dfere  hard  to  give  a  good  one  )  when 
if  were  their  Intereji  to  he  fatisfieJ, 
^d  thankful  without  further  enquiry. 
Jo  comply  therefore  in  feme  meafure 
vaith  the  humour  of  thefe  People,  if  a- 
ftyfuch  think  fit  to  peruje  this  Book,  I 
rkujlteW  em  very  freely,  that  Iwasfi 
fkrfrom  aiming  to  oblige,  or  difohlite 
'Ifm  ly  it,  that  it  was,  never  intended 
ikr  their  View.  It  was  occafioned  by  a 
private  Converfation,  between  fime 
Gentlemen  and  Ladies,  and  written  at 
'  t^e  requefi,  and  for  the  Diverfion  of 
dne  Lady  more  particularly,  by  whom 
with  my  con/ent  it  was  communicated 
tb  two  or  three  more  of  both  Sexes, 
tity  Friends  likewife. 
\  By   them  I  was  with  abundance  of 

(Complements  importund  to  make  it 
fnblick\  n.ow  tho  I  do  with  good  R(a- 
fin  attribute  much  more,  of  what  was 
fiid  to  me  upon  this  Occa/en,  to  their 
pod  Breeding  and  Friendfhip,  than  to 
their  real  Opinions  of  my  Performance  ; 
ytt  I  have  fi  much  fatisfatUon  in  their 
Sincerity,  and  Friendfhip,  as  to  be  etm* 
^ent  they  would  not  juffer,  much  lejs 

ptr- 


Preface. 

perfwade  me  to  eifpofi  to  the 
ny  thintf  of  which  they  doubted  fi  far, 
as  to  think  it  would  net  be  toller  ably 
acceptable,    i^er  have  I  lefs  affurance 
of  their  judgment  and  Skill  in  thinf^  j 
of  this  nature,  be  fide  that  I  have  been 
inform' d  by  feme  of  'tm,  that  it  has 
beenfeent  and  favourably  received  by 
feme  Gentlemen,  whom  the  world  thinks 
ne  incompetent  Judges^    After  all  this 
Encouragement  t  I  fippofi,  Ifhaii  nti  \ 
be  thought  vain,  if,  as  I  pretend  not 
to  the  applaufe,  fi  I  fe»  not  tbt  c 4«- 
tempt  of  the  world:  let  J prifiwte  ««( | 
fifar  upon  the  Merits  of  what  I  have 
written,  as  to  make  my  Name  Pui' 
iitk  with  it.    I  have  elfewhere  held, 
that  yanity  was  aimed  the  univerfal 
mover  of  all  our  AHions,  and  confer 
quently  of  mine,  as  well  as  of  othen\ 
yet  it  is  netflrong  enet^h  in  me,,t4  in- 
duce me  to  bring  my  Name  npm.iki 
publickftage  of  the  World.  ^v.  .rI 

There  are  maty  Reafens,  that  al' 
lige  me  to  this  cautious,  referv'd  way 
of  procedure  t  tho  I  might  otherwifi 
be  very  ambitious  «f  appearing  in  the 
defence  of  my  Sex,  cou'd  /  perftvade 
myjelf,  that  I  mu  able  to  write  My 

thing 


^ 


'Vv.-, 


i^ii^  fittaiU  to  fie  dignity  if  *b» 
Sniffflfi  which  I  am  net  vain  etmigk 
t9  thinki    This  imtked  is  mv  Reafimi 
hecaufe  I  am  finJUk  it  might  htv* 
keen  much  tetter  J^entleJ  iy  akle^ 
fensi  Jneh  as  meiiy  ameiig  eut  ew»  Sex 
are;  tbm^h  I  believe Jiarce  thusmnfk 
vi^jdhave  been  exfe&ed  from  mci  iy. 
thefe  that  ktiom  me.    There  is  iiJtti 
p>iji  OHothir  Reafon,  which   was  yet 
more  frev^letU  H^ifhme  f  and  with  tbofe 
fen  Friends  iniww  /  cenfuited  akmt 
it,  ithich  is  this ;  There  are  a  fort  ^ 
Meni   that  ufon  ali    occafions  think 
themjehes  mare  ctncenfd,  and  m^ 
thought  of  than  they  are  j  and  thati 
like  Men  that  are  deaf,  or  have  am 
tl$her  notorious  DefeB;  can  fee  no  hol^ 
whifperi  or  lan^,  hut  they  think  'tis 
at  themfelves.    Thefe  Men  are  apt  te 
think,  that  eviry  ridiculous  defcriti 
tien  tfyry  meet    with,  was  intended 
more  particularly  for  Jome  one  or  ether 
ofthemi  as  indeed  it  is  hard  to  pain^ 
any  thing  compleat  ik  their  fever al 
Rinds,  without  hitting  many  ef  their 
particular  Features,  even  without  draW' 
ingfrom  them.-    The  knowledte  oftUs,' 
If^h  the  eenfideration  of  the  tender^ 

mfs 


Ftt&cd 

n^s  ef  Reputation  in  our  Sex,  {'U 
as  our  deucatefl  Fruits  andfin^  Flaw^ 
ersare  moft  ^noxious  to  the  iufnrus  ef> 
Weather,  is  fuhmitted  to  every  infe* 
8iont  Blt^ft  of  malicious  Breath  )  made 
me  very  cautious,  how  I  exposed  mine 
to  fuch  pdfonous   Vapoturs.  I  was  not  - 
ignorant,  how  liheral  feme  Men  ara^ 
^  their  Scandal,  whenever  provoi^dt 
efpecially   hy    a  Woman  ;     and  btw 
ready  the  fame  Men  are  to   he  fe, 
the'  upon  never  fo  miftaken  Groundsi 
This  made  me  refohe   to  keep  'em  int.' 
Ignorance  of  my  Name,  and  if  they  have 
a  mind  to  find  me  out,  let  'am  eateli 
me  (  if  they  can  )  as  Children  at  iUhd^ 
mans  Buff  do  eue  another,  Heoehitdtt^ 
and  lam  of  Opinion  I  have  reeaaemn^ 
to  put  'em  out  tf  Breath  hefort  tSey 
come  near  me* 

The  Event  has  in  EffeS  prov'dmy 
fitfpicions  Prophet ick ;  for  there  are  (as 
/•am  inform  d  )  already  feme,  fo  for- 
ward  to  intereji  themfelves  agait^m, 
that  they  take  Characters  npan  fhem* 
fehes,  before  they  fee  'em  \  and,  for  . 
foar  they  Jbould  want  feme  Body  to 
throw  their  Dirt  at,  with  e^l.Ig/no- 
ranee f  and  Ii^ijfiice  Father  this  Piece 

upon 


.A 


;■*'' 


Preface. 

i^M  thi  Gentleman,  who  wasfo  kin  J  as 
tt  take  care  of  the  PublicatioH  of  it, 
inly  to  excufe  me  from  appearing.  This 
made  me  once  refohe  to  oppofe  my  In- 
nocence  to  their  Clamour,  and  perfix 
my  NAme,  which  I  thought    I  was 
hound  to  do  in  Jujiice  to  him.     In  this 
Refolution  I  had  perfifted,  had  not  the 
lery  jame  Gentleman  generoufly  per- 
fwadedi  andover^rutdmeto  the  con- 
trary, reprefenting  how  weak  a  defence 
Innocence  is  againjl  Calumny,  how  c-' 
pen  the  Ears  of  all  the  World  are,  and 
how  greedily  they  fuck  in  any  thing  to 
the  prejudice  of  a  iVomaui  and  that  (to 
ufe  his  own  Exprefion  )  the  fcandd  of 
fuch  Men,  was  like  Dirt  thrown  hy 
Children,  and  Fooli  at  random,  and 
without  Provocation,  it  would  daw^l-' 
thily  atfirft,  though  it  werefafily  wajht 
'  cff  again  \  Adding,  that  he  defir' d  me 
not  to  be  under  any  concern  for  him  \  for 
he  -valued  tin  Malice  of  fuch  men, as  lit- 
tle, as  their  friendfbip^  the  one  was  af 
feeble,  as  t'other  falfe* 

I  fuppofe  I  need  make  no  J^ology  to 
my  own  Sex  for  the  meanefs  of  this  de- 
duce ;  the  bare  intention  of  ferving 
V«i  will(  I  hope  be  accepted,)  and  of 

Men 


Prcfecc. 

Men,  ibk  Candid  and  Ingenuota  I  am 
Jure  a>ill  not  mar r el  with  me  for  any 
thing  in  this  tittle  Book;  fince  there  is 
nothing  in  it,  which  was  not  drawn  from 
tbeftriilefl  Reafon  I  was  Mijirejs  of, 
and  the  hejl  Ohfervations  I  was  able  to. 
make,  except  aflart  or  two  only  coifi 
ceming  the  Saliquc  Law,  and  tlk 
Amazons,  wbicjp  if  they  divert  not 
the  Rlfdder,  can't  offend^bim. 

IJhall  not  trouble  the  Reader  with 
any  account  of  the  Method  I  have  ol- 
ferv'd,  he  will  eafily  difcover  that  /*  | 
reading  the  Piece  it  felf     I  jhall  only 
take  notice  to  him  of  one  thing,  which 
with  a  Utile  attintion  to  what^e  rctds 
he  will  readily  find  to  be  true,  that  is, . 
that  the  Chara^ers  were  not  written 
out  of  any  wanton  Humour,  or  MaLci-   1 
ous  Defign  to  char  ail  erize  and  Part /cu- 
lar  Perjons,  but  to  illufhate  what  I 
have faid  upon  the  fever al  Heads, un.fer  \ 
whidb  they  ar^rang'd,  and  reprejent  not'  \ 
Jingle  Men,  but  Jo  many  Clans  ^  or  Di- 
vijions  of  Men;  that  play  the  Fooljeri- 
eujly  in  the  World     IJ  any  Individual 
Jeem  to  be  more  peculiarly  markt,  it  is'  ' 
becaufe  he  is  terhaps    more  notorious 
to  the  World, by  fame  one  or  mote  Arti* 


B 


des 


^/'; 


-■f 

Preface.^ 

<^s  of  the  GeneralCharaaer  hertiiven. 
Pvmfure  that  there  is  no  Man,  thojs 
tit  woderately   Acquainted  with  the 

pi d  half  a  Dozen,  or  mere   Orizinais 

Man  have  Jo  httle  Wit,  as  to  appropl 
^*te  any  of  thefe  QmaHers  to  hLfelf 
He  takes  a  lihrty  I  have  hitherto  ne- 

-     ^ri'  "i  "  ^''^*   Man,  If  any 

There  areforneMen.  (I hear  )  who 

^Mlnot  allow  tm  Vice,  to  he  written 

ty  a  Woman-,  did  I  know  what  EJlimatc 

t\  rnakeof  thetr  Judgments,  I  might 

perhaps  have  a  higher  Opinion  of  This 

I  fie  thought  while  I  was  writing  this 
that  any  Man  (  efpecially  an  l^eHiou) 
ft  ^fl^o'^'i^'^^  thefcandalofhein, 

th^nkitjcandahus  to  be  made  to  Father 
a  Unmans  .  rrodu^o^s  unlawfully. 
I^t  theje  Gentlemen,  Jfuppofe,  helieie 
tMren  moreWtt,  than  tiSeyU find  in 
f^Pjec,  upon  the  Credn  of  the 
t^'^^fA'^r.w^'oJelnterrJi  ,t  n  fojktter 

it. 


Preface. 

it.    But  were  it  as  well  written  as  /< 
could  wijh  it,  or  as  the  Suljea  wou'd 
bear,  and  defmes ;  I  fee  no  reafon 
^hy  our  Sex  fhoud  Lfrobb'dofthe 
Honour  of  it ;  Siuw  there  have  bee» 
Women  in  all  Ages,  whoje  Writings  ' 
*«tght  vie  with  thoje  of  the  greatefi  Melt, 
as, the  PrifentAge,  as  well  as  p^^,  can 
tejhfie.     JfFall  not  trouble  the  Reader 
with  their  nitf<s,  hecanje  I  wm'dnot 
bethought  foi,^>in.  as  to,  rank  my f elf 
among  em;  and  their  names  are  already 
■  too  well  known,  and  celebrated  to  re- 
ceive  any  additional  Lujlre  from  Jo 
weak  Encomiums  as  mine;  I  pretend 
not  to  imitate,  much  lefs  to  tUiKilthofe 
Illuflrious  Ladies,  who  have  done'fo 
much    Honour    to  their  Sex,  and  are 
unanfwerable  Proofs  of  what  I  contend 
for.    I  only  wifh,  tl.atjome  Ladies  now 
living  amon^Jl  us  {whofe  names  I  forbear 
to  mention  in  regard  to  their  Modejly) 
woud  exert  themjelves,   and^e'us 
more  recent  Injtances,  who  are%>th  by 
Nature  and  Education  JujlJciently  qua- 
life  d  to  do  it,   which  I  pretend  not  to. 
I  freely    own    to  the   Header,  that  I 
know  nn  other  Tonjue  lefide^my  Native, 
except  French,  in  which  I  am  but  very 
B  X  moderately 


,         Prcfecc. 

tnodkrately  skill' J.    I  pltad  not  this 
h  exeiife  tkemeanefs  tfrny  Perfarmce', 
iecakfe  I  knew,  I  may  reafinably  'it 
itsk'4*  why  I  was  fo  forward  to  wmet 
For  that  I  hav^LilreaJy  ghen  m^  rear 
fens  above  i  if%eymllnotfatisJjethe 
Header,  he  nmft  enJeavuor  to  pleafe 
himfelfmth  tetter,  for  lam  very  little 
fbltcttous  ahont  the  matter,    IjhaS  on- 
ly add,  that  for  my  Good  WiU  I  hope 
the  Favour  of  my  own  Si^\  which  wiS 
lattsfie  my  Ambition. 


To 


To  theMoft  Ingenious  Mrs.-^ 
oAei  Admirable  D^fepce 
of  Her  Sex.  ^ 

W^tp  thejr  Wit  htvt  paid  the  Tribute  due. 
But  ftou  d  btjfcnkrupt,  before  juft  to  you! 
Sweet  flowmfNumkin,  tnd  ftnt  Thoughts  they 

But  you  Eternal  Trathf ,  ii  well  as  Wit. 
In  them  the  Force  of  Harmony  we  find 
Inyou  theStrenrh,  and  Viaour  of  tbi  Alind. 
Dark  Clouds  of  frejudice  obftur'd  theirVerie 
Vmi  with  Viftonous  Profe  thofe  Clouds  dISttft  • 
Thofe  Foggj,  which  wou'd  not  lo  their  Flame 

lubmiti 
Vinift  before  your  Rifinb  Sun  of  Wit. 
lUke  Stars,  they  only  in  Themfelveswerebrieht. 
The  *hole  Sex  fliinesliy  your  reflefted  Light. 

A„J  K  *!'  ^*l^ '°"«  *%°'  Ururpatlon  reign'd, 
And  by  their  Tyranny  their  Rule  maintain'd. 
fill  wanton  grown  with  Arbitrary  Sway 
Deposd  by  you  They  nrafticeto  obey.' 
Proudly  fubraitting,  when  fuch  Gmcw  me«r. 
Beaunr  by  Nature,  and  by  Conqu.ft  WiV.7 
»or  Wit  they  had  on  their  own\ex  entril'.!. 
Till  for  your  felf,  and  Sex  you  thus  prevaa'd 
difenw^""*"'  Whofe   Foe,7uch  Pow't 

Whofe  Nervous  Senfe  couch'din  cloft.  Mstho^ 


1 

Gkat  u  her  Sou),  and  piercing  u  her  Eyts. 
Ifiin^yetfo  (hipid  ttum'i  •ppe«r, 
A*ftiU  (o  doubt,  what  Am  im  mad«  To  cUtr, 
Hsr  Betutie's  Arguments  they  would  allow, 
And  to  Her  Eyes  theitfijH  Converfion  owe. 
Aitd  by  Experinuat  the  World  convince 
The  Force  of  Retion'i  Ie£s,  than  that  oftfenle. 
Your  Sex  yogwith  Tudi  Charming  Grace  de- 
fend, % 
.  While  that  yon  vindicate,  youOuri  ameni: 
We  in  your  G]a&  may  fee  each  fcul  defeft. 
And  may  not  only  fee,  but  may  corre£l.  ,. 

Tn  vain  old  Gntct  her  Sates  would  compare, 
They  taught  what  Men  Siould  be,  you  what 

they  are 
With  doubtful  Notions  tbn  Maal^nd  perplext» 
And  with  unpradicable  Plriecpt  vext. 

In  vain  they  drove  wild  Paifions  to  reclaim, 
Uncertain  what  they  were,  or  whence  they  caJme. 
But  you, who  have  found  out  their  certain  Source, 
M»jr  with  t  happier  Hand  divert  their  Coutfe. 
Th^mielvet  To  Kttle  did  tbofe  Sage*  know, 
Th«t  ro  thehr  Fallings  We  tlieir  L«iming  owre. 
Their  Vanity  feft  caus'd  'em  to  afpire, 
And  with  fierce  Wranglings  fet  all  Qruti  o» 
Kr« :  -'^ 

Th«s  into  feSs  they  fblit  the  Gmiitn  youth,      '  V 
Contending  more  for  Viftory  than  Truth. 
Your  Speculations  nobler  Ends  perfue, 
,  They  aim  not  to  be  Popular,  but  true 
Vou  with  ftriajufticein  an  equal  Light, 
Expofe  both  Wit  and  Folly  to  our  Sight. 
Yet  IS  the  Bee  fecure  on  Poyfcn  feeds, 
Extniaipg  Honey  from  the  rankeft  Weeds  • 
»  ?Sto*'" '"  "°'» Inftf uftours  find, 
AndWifdom  in  the  Follies  of  mankind. 

With  purer  Waves  henceforth  (hall  Satyr  flow 
And  we  this  change  tp^rour  chart  Labours  owe  j 
iatyr  before  from  a^olluted  Source 
Brought  Native  Filth,  augmented  initscourft. 
No  Jp/iger  muddy  fluU  thole  Streams  appear. 

Which 


Which  you  have  purg'd,  and  nade  fo  fwrnt;  ud' 
clear.  '  ^ 

WeU  may  your  Wit  to  us  a  wonder  feea, 
io  ftrong  s  the  Current,  yet  fo  clear  the  ftream. 
Deep,  but  not  Dull,  thro'  each  tranfparent  Lin^ 
We  fee  the  Gems,  which  at  the  Bottom  fliine. 
ii/L     y*"^''  Correftion  freely  wefubmit, 
who  teach  us  iVIodefty,  as  well  as  Wit. 
Our  5ex  with  Bluflief  muft  your  Conqueft  own. 
While  yours  prepare  fhe  Garlands  y6uhave  won. 
Your  Fame  fecure  kmg  wywit  Sex  AmU  hSt, 
Nor  Time,  nor  Envy  flull  your  Lawrels  blart ! 


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T  Ove  for  Money:  Ot. The  Boar i/ing. 
Mj  School,  a  Comedy,  adcd  ac 
tncThcatrc  Royal. 

The  State  of  ImttceMce:  Or,  The 
Faff  of  Man,  an  Opera,  Written  by 
Mr.  Dryt/eti,  Both  Printed  for  ^. 
fioper  and  E.  WilkinfoM  at  the  Black 
Boy  in  Fleetflreeti 


EtiBetus  Euchiridon.  Done  into 
£«g///^.Veric.  By  Mr.  fTaZ-f^r. 
Printed  for  Roger  Clitvel  at  the  /m- 
cock  in  Fleetflreet. 


■itm\=, 


AN 

iE  S  S  A  Y 

In  Defence  of  the 

Female  Sex,  b^ci 


TH  E  Convcrfation  wc  had 
'tothcr  day,  makes  mc,  Dear 
Madam,  but  more  fenhble 
of  the  unrcalbnablencfs  of 
your  defire ;  which  obliges  mc  to 
inform  you  further  upon  a  SubjecH:, 
whereing  I  have  more  need  of  your 
inftrudlion.  Tiie  (Ireti^ch  of  Judg- 
ment, fprightly  Faijcy,  and  admira^ 
ble  Addrefs,  you  fhew'd  upon  that 
Occafions,  fpeak.  yt.u  fo  perfcfl  a 
Miftrefs  of  i  that  Argument  (as  I 
doubt  not  but  you  are  of  any  other 
that  you  pleafe  to  engage  in  )  that 
whoever,  would  fpeak  or  write 
WcH  on  ir,  ought  firft  to  b;  your 
B  Scholar, 


^  ^ 


[*] 

Scholar.  Yet  to  let  you  fee  how 
abfolutcly  you  may  command  me, 
I  had  rather  be  your  Echo,  than 
be  filent  when  You  bid  me  fpeak 
and  beg  your  excufe  rather  for  my 
Failures,  than  want  of  Complacence. 
I  know  You  will  not  accufe  me  for 

a  Plagiary,  if  I  return  You  nothing, 
but  what  I  have  glean  d  from  You, 
when  You  cohfider,  that  I  pretend 
not  to  make  a  Prcfent,  but  to  pay 
the  Intereft  only  of  a  Debt.    Nor 
can  You  tax  me  with  Vanity,  fmce 
no  Importunity  of  a   Pe^n   lefs 
Jov  d.  or  valu'd  by  me  than  your 
felf,  could  have  extorted  thus  much 
from  mc.  This  Confideration  leaves 
me  no  room  to  doubt  but  that  you 
will  wfth  your  ufual  Candour  par- 
don  tliofe  Dcfeds,  and  corred  tliofe 
Errors,   which  proceed  only  from 
an  over  forward   Zeal  to    oblige 
Vou,  though   to  my   own  Difad- 
vantage. 

The  defence  of  our  Sex  agaidl  fo 
many  and  fo  great  Wits  as  have  fo 
ftrongly  attacked  it,  may  juftly 
icem  a  Task  too  difficult  fora  Wor 

man 


I 

I 


man  to  attempt.    Not  that  I  can,   " 
or  ought  to  yield,  that  we  arc  by 
Naicurelels  enabled  for  fuch  an  £n-    i 
terprize,   than  Men   are;  which  I 
hope  atleaft  to  ftiew  plaufible  Rea- 
fons  for  before  I  have  done:  But 
becaufe  through  the  Ufurpation  of 
Men,  and  the  Tyranny  of  Cuftom 
(.here  in  England  efpecialy )  there 
arc  at  moft  but  few,  who  are  by 
Education,    ancracquir'd  Wit,    or 
.  Letters   fufficiently    quallified   for 
t  fuch  an  Undertaking.    For  mv  own 
part  I  ftiali  readily   own,    that  as 
•few    as  there  are,    there  maybe, 
and  arc  abundance,    who  in  their 
daily  Con verfations  approve  them- 
felves  much  more  able,  and  iuffici- 
cnt  Aflcrtors  of  our  Caufe,    than 
my  fclf;  and  I  am  forry  that  ei- 
ther their  Bnfincfs,  their  other  Di- 
vcrhons,  or  too  great  Indulgence  of 
their  Eafe,  hinder  them  from  doing 
publick  Juftice  to  their  Sex.    The 
Men  by  Intereft  or  Inclination  ar« 
fo  generally    engag'd   againft  us, 
that  it  is  not  to  be  expected,  that 
any  ofte  Man  of  Wit  ftiould  arife  fo 
generous  as  to  engag<wn  our  Quar- 
B  X  rel. 


14]  ,        . 

telj,  asd  be  the  Champion  of  ouf 
Sex  againd  the  lajuries  and  Op- 
preflions  of  his  own.    Thofc  Ro- 
maatick  days  are  over,  and  there 
is  not  fo  much  as  a  Don  Quixot  of 
tht  Quill  left  to  fuccour  the  diftrcf- 
led  DamfclSi    'Tis  true,   a  Feint 
of  fomeching  of  this   Nature  was 
made  three  or  four  Years  fince  by- 
one;  but  how  muchfoever  his  Eu- 
gert/a  may  be  obJig'd  to  him,  I  am 
of  Opinion  the  reft  of  her  Sex  are 
but  little  beholding  to  him.    For  as 
voiji  rightly  obferv'd.  Madam,  he 
has   taken  more   care  to  give  an 
Edge  to  his  Satyr,  than  force  to 
his  I  Apology;  he  has  play'd  a  Iham 
Priiie,   and  receives    more  thrufts 
than  he  makes ;  and  lik^  a  falfc  Re- 
negade fights  under   our   Colours 
only  for  a^irer  Opportunity  of  be- 
traying ufs.    But  what  could  be  ex- 
pe<5tcd  elfc  from  a  Beau  ?  An  Anni- 
malj  thaV  can  no  more  commend  in 
eanicft    a   Womans    Wit,    than  a 
Man's  Perfon,    and    that   compli- 
ments ours,  only  to  (hew  his  own 
good  Breeding  and  Parts.    He  Ic- 
vcla  his  Scandal  at  the  whole  Sex* 

and 


t5l 

and  thinks  us  fufficiently  fortified, 
if  out  of  the  Story  of  Two  Thou- 
fand  Years   he  has  been  able  to 
pick  up  a  few  Examples'  of  Women 
illuftrious  for  their  Wit,  Learning 
or  Vertuc,  and  Men  infamous  for     ■    ^ 
the  contrary  ;  though  I  think  th«     "*-,' 
moft    inveterate  of   our   Enemies 
'  would  have  fpar'd  him  that  labour, 
by  granting  that  all  Ages  have  pro- 
duced Perfons  famous  or  infamous 
of  both  Sexes ;  or  they  muft  tlirow 
up  all  pretence   to  Modefty,    or 
Reafon. 

I  have  neither  Learning,  or  In- 
clination to  make  a  Precedent,  or 
indeed  any  ufe  of  Mr.  W's.  labourd 
Common   Place  Book;   and  Ihall 
leave  Pedants  and  School-Boys  to 
rake  and  tumble  the   Rul)bilh  of 
Antiquity,  and  mufter  all  the  He- 
roes and  Heroins  thc^  can  fin^l  to 
furniih    matter  for  fome  wretched 
Harangue,  or  ftufF  a  mifcrablc  Dc^ 
clamation  with,  inftcad  of  Senfe  ot     , 
Argument. 

B,  « 


^^  "'t,  **^  "°^  ^"'^  "*^°  *"y  difpute, 
*/  w^»v  whether  Men,  or  Women,  be  gene- 
tothedif-t9\\y  more  ingenious,  or  learned, 

S.i  ^'^Z'  Po»'«  niu^J^  given  up  to  the 
aidvantaees  Men  have  over  us  by 
their  Education,  Freedom  of  Con. 

J  verfe,  and  variety  of  Bufmels  and 

Company.  But  when  any  Compar 
«fon  is  midp  between 'em,  great 
allowances  muft  be  made  for  the 
difparity  of  thofe  Circumftances. 
Neither  Hiall  I  conteft  about  the 
preheminence  of  our  Virtues;  I 
know  there  are  too  many  Vicious, 
and  I  hope  there  are  a  great  many 
Virtuous  of  both  Sexes.  Yet  this 
I  imay  fay,  that  whatever  Vices  are 
found  amongft  us,  have  in  general 
both  their  fource,  and  encouragc- 
■     mcnt  from  them. 

The  Queftion  I  fhaU  at  prefent 
hindle  is,  whether  the  time  an  in- 
genious Gentlemen  fpends  in  the 
—^  Company  of  Women,  may  juftly 
bcfaid  to  be  mifemploy'd,  or  not? 
I  put  the  queftion  in  general  terms  ; 
Ncaufc  whoever  holds  the  affirma- 
tive muft  maint^n  it  fo,  or  the  Sex 


is  no  way  concern'd  to  oppofe  him. 
On  the  other  fide,  I  fliall  not  mainf 
tain  the  Negative,  but  with  feme 
Reftridions   and  Limitations;  be- 
caufe  I  will  not  be  bound  to  jufti- 
fie  thofe  Women,  whofe  Vices  and 
ill  Condud:  expofe  them  deferved- 
iy  to  the  Cenfure  of  the  other  Sex, 
as  well  as  of  their  own.    The  Que- 
ftion being  thus  ftated,  let  us  con- 
fider  th?  end  and  purpofes.for  which 
Convei^ion  was  at  firft  inftituted, 
and  is  yet  defirablc;  and  then  wc 
fliall  fee,  whether  they  may  not  all 
be  found  in  the  Company  of  Wo- 
men.   Thcfe   Ends,  I  take  it,  are 
the  iame  with  thofe  wc  aim  at  in 
all  our  other  Adions;  in  general 
only  two,  Profit  or  Pleafure.  Thcfc 
are  divided  into  thofe  of  the  Mind, 
and  thofe   of  the  Body.    Of  the    * 
latter  I  fliall  take  no  further  No- 
tice, as  having  no  Relation  to  the 
prefent  Subjed;  but  fliall  confine 
my  felf  wholly  to  the    Mind,  the 
Profit  of  wliich  is  the  Improvement 
of   the    Underftanding ,    and   the 
Pleafure  is  the  Diverfion,  and  Rc- 
btxations  of  its  Cares  and  Paffions. 
B  4  i^^ow 


4- 


,  W  if  either  of  thefe  Ends  be  at- 
iainable  bj  the  Society  of  Women, 
I  have  gain'd  my  Point.  However 
t  hope  to  make  it  appear,  that  they 
are  not  only  both  to  be  met  with  in 
die  Converfation  of  Women,  but 
one  of  them  more  generally,  and  in 
greater  meafurc  than  m  Mens. 

Our  Company  is  generally   by 
ir  Adverfaries  reprel'entcd  as  un- 
profitable and  irkfome  to  Men  of 
oenfe,  and  by  fome  of  the   more 
vehement  Sticklers  againft   us,  as 
Criminal.    Thefo   Imputations   as 
.^hey  arc  unjuft,  efpecially  the  lat- 
tcjr,  fo  they  favour  ftrongly  of  tlic 
Malice,  Arrogance  and  Sottilhnefs 
of  thole,  that  moft  frequently  urge 
'cm ;  who  are  commonly  either  con- 
ceited Fops,  whofe  luccef?  in  their 
Pretences  to  the  favour  of  our  Sex; 
li^s  been  no  greater  tlian  their  Me- 
rii  and  fallen  very  far  fhort  of  their 
Vanity  and  Prefumption,  or  a  fort 
pf  morofe,    ill-bred,    unthinking 
Fellows,  who  appear  to  be   Men 
only  by  their  Habit  and  Beards^ 
and  arefcarce  diftinguilhable  front 

Brutes 


Brutes,bat  by  tlieir  Figure  and  Ri- 
fibiiity.  But  I  fliall  wave  thefe  Re- 
flexions at  prefent,  however  jufV, 
and  comp  clofcr  to  our  Argtiment. 
If  Women  arc  not  qualified  for  the 
Converfation  of  ingenious  Men,  or^ 
to  go  yet  further,  their  fricndfhip, 
it  muft  be  bccaufe  they  want  feme 
one  condition,  or  more,  neccflarily 
requifiie  to  either.  The  neccllary 
Conditions  of  thefe  arc  Senfc.  and 
good  nature,  to  which  muft  be  ad- 
ded, for  Friendihip,  Fidelity  and 
Integrity.  Now  if  any  Of  thefe  { 
be  wanting  to  our  Sex,  it  muft  be 
eitlier  becaufc  Nature  has  not  been 
fo  liberal  as  to  beftow  'em  upon 
us ;  or  becaufe  due  care  has  not  been 
taken,  to  cultivate  thoie  Gifts  to  a 
competent  meafurc  in  us. 

The  firft  of  thefe  Caufes  is,  that 
which  is  moft  generally  urg'd  a- 
gainftus,  whether  it  be  in  Raille- 
ry, or  Spight.  I  might  'afily  cue 
this  part  of  the  Controvorfy  uiort, 
by  an  irrefragable  Argument,  which 
is,  that  the  cxprels  intent,  and  rea- 
fon  for  which  Woman  was  created, 

was 


/- 


was  to  be  a  Companion,  and  help 
meet  to  Man;  and  that  confequent- 
ly  thofe,  that  deny  'em  to  be  fo, 
muft  argue  a  Miftake    in   Provi- 
dence, and  think  themfelves  vvifer 
than  their  Creator."]  But  thefe  Gen- 
tlemen arc  generally  fuch  paflionate 
Admirers  of  themfelves,  and  have 
fuch  a  profound  value  and  reve- 
rence for  their  own  Parts,  that  they 
are  ready  at  any  time  to  facrifice 
their  Religion  to  the  Reputation  of 
theu:  Wit,   and  rather  than  lofc 
I  their  point,  deny  the  truth  of  the 
Hiftory.    There  are  others,  that 
though  they  allow  the  Story,  yet 
affirm,  that  the  propagation,  and 
I  continuance  of  Mankind,  was  the 
only  Reafon   for  which  we  were 
made;  as  if  the  Wisdom  that  firft 
made  Man,  cou'd  not  without  trou- 
ble have  continued  the  Species  by 
the  fame,  or  any  other  Method,  had 
not  this  been  moft  conducive  to  his 
happinel?,  which  was  the  gracious 
and  only  end  of  his  Creation.]  But 
thefe  luperficial   Gentlemen   weqr 
thbr    Underftandings    like     their 
PptlKS,   always  fet   and  formal, 

and 


,['■] 

and  wou'd  no    more    Talk   than 
Drefs  out  of  Falhion  ;  Beau's,  that 
rather  than  any  part  of  their  out- 
ward  Figure  fhou'd   be  damag'd, 
wou'd  wipe  the  dirt  off  their  ftioes 
with  their  Handkercher,  and  that 
value    themfelves    infinitely   more 
upon  modiih  Nonfenfe,  than  upon 
tnebeftSenfe  againfl  the  Falhion. 
But  fincc  I  do  not  intend  to  make 
this  a  religious  Argument,  I  Ihall 
leave  all  further  Coiifiderations  of 
this  Nature  to  the  Divines,  whofe 
note  immediate  Bufinefs  and  Stu- 
dy it  is,  to   aflert  the  Wifdom  of 
Providence  in  the  Order  and  diftri- 
bution  of  this  World,  againfl:  all  that  , 
ihall  oppofe  it.  \ 

.  To  proceed  therefore,   if  we  be  y^  j,j}:^    </ 
naturally  defedive,  the  Dcfe<ft  muft  aiMt/stj. 
be  either  in  Soul,  or  Body.    In  the  " '"  ^ 
Soul  it  can't  be,  if  what  I  have 
hear'd  fome  learned  Men  maintain, 
be  true,  that  all  Souls  are  equal, 
and  a  like,  and  that  confequently 
tiiere  is  no  fuch  diftincftion,  as  Male 
and  Female  Souls  ;  that  there  are 
ho  innate  iJeas,  |)ut  that  all  tho 

Notions 


\/' 


\ 


Notions  we  have,  are  dcrivd  from 
pur   External  Senfes,  either  imme- 
diately, or  by  Refledion.     Thefe 
.,!  Metaphyfical .  Speculations,  I  muft 
own.  Madam,  require  much  more 
Learning.and  a  ftronger  Head,  chan 
I  can  pretend  to  be  Miftrefs  of,  to 
^  be  confider'd  as  they  ought :  Ycc 
j  fo  bold  I  may  be,  as  to  undertake 
•    the  defence  of  thefe  Opinions,  when 
any  of  our  jingling  Opponents  think 
ntto  refute 'em. 


w>  *dv0n-     Neither  can  it  be  in  the  Body  ( if 

f/«.//A«>ned  Phyixcians  ;  for  there  '\%  no  dif- 
B*iu,.     fercnce  in  the  Organization  of  thole 
Parts,  whicli  have  any  relation  to 
or  mfluence  over  the  Minds  ;  but 
tlie  Brain,  and  all  other  Parts  ( which 
I  am   not    Anatomift   enough    to 
name  )  are  contriv'd  as  well  for  the 
plentiful    conveyance    of    Spirits 
which  are  held  to  be  the  immedi- 
ate Inilruments  of  Senfation,  in  Wo- 
men, as  Men.    I  fee  therefore  no 
natural  Impediment  in  the  ftru<aurc 
of  our  Bodies ;  nor  does  Experiencci 
or  Obiervation  argue  any ;  We  ufe  all 

our 


[>3] 
our  Natural  Faculties,  as  wdl  as 
Men,  nay,  and  our  Rational  too,  de- 
ducing only  for  the  advanuges  be- 
fore mentioned. 

Let  us  appeal  yet  further  to^Ex-^J^^ 
perience,  and  obferve  thole  L.rea-  rime «/ 
tures  that  deviate  lead  from  fimple  Bru:tt. 
Nature,  and  fee  if  we  can  find  a- 
ny  difference  in  Senfe,  ot  under- 
ftanding  between  Males  and  Fe- 
males.   In  thefe  we  may  fee  Na- 
ture plaineft,  who  lie  under  na 
conftraint  of  Cuftom   or    Laws  , 
but  thofe  of  Paffion  or  Appetite, 
which  are  Natures,  and  know  no 
difference  of  Education,    nor   re- 
ceive any  Byafs  by  prejudice.    We 
fee  great  diftancc  in  Degrees  of 
Underftanding,  Wit,  Cunning  and 
Docility    (  call   them    what   you 
pleafc  ;  between  the  feveral  Species 
of  Brutes.    An   Ape,   a   Dog,  a 
Fox,    are   by    daily    Obfervation 
found  to  be    more    Docile ,   and 
more  Subtile  than  an  Ox,  a  Swine, 
or  «a  Sheep.  But  a  She  Ape  is  as  fuli 
of,  and    as  ready   at  Imitation  as 
a  He ;  a  Bitch  will  learn  as  many 

Tricks, 


L     iJ?  ^°''  ^^«  «s  many  Wills 

this  kind  might  be  produc'd,    but  I 
think  theft  are  fo%iai„.  'that  ^o 

oour ;  1  ihall  only  once  more  tak« 

S      ^^  an'!  Female  in  point  of 
^l^y'  j!ot>^ithftanding  ?he?e  fs 

Without    Se„far„,  ",S   iy^""f» 

nunger,    Dnnk    without   TlHrft 

fceinp^^TT     ^^fP<?«    Without 
c     1^   em,   hunt   Hares    withour 
Sm^iiig.^.     Here  Madams^: 
ver  for  our  Antagonifts  againft  the 
l^aft^rgumencfo  thick,  tit  there 

"§«>  ice-  em  like  the  wild  /riji 

fccittC       V 


fecure  thcmfelres  within  tbeirBoggs; 
the  field  is  atleaft  ours,  fo  long  as 
they  keep  to  their  Faftnefles.  But  to 
quit  this  Topick,  I  Ihall  only -add, 
that  ifthelearnedellHe  of 'em  all 
can  convince  me  of  the'mjth  of 
this  Opinion,  He  will  very  much 
ftagger  my  Faith;  for  hitherto  I 
have  been  able  to  obferve  no  dif- 
ference between  our  Knowledge 
and  theirs,  but  a  gradual  one;  and 
depend  upon  Revelation  alone, 
that  our  Souls  are  Immortal,  and 
theirs  not. 

But  if  an  Argument  from  Brutes,  ixfrntnt, 
and  other  Animals,  Ihall  not  be  al-V^*^'"*'- 
low'd  as  conclufive,  ( though  I  can't 
fee,  why  fuch  an  Inference  fliould 
not  be  valid,  fmce  the  parity  of 
Reafon  is  the  fame  on  both  fides 
in  this  Cafe.  ;  I  Ihall  dcfire  thofc 
tliat  hold  againft  us,  to  obferve  the 
Country  People,  I  mean,  the  in- 
feribur  fort  of  them,  fuch  as  not 
having  Stocks  to  follow  Husban- 
dry upon  their  own  Score,  fubfifl; 
upon  their  daily  Labour.  For  a>- 
raongft  thcfe,  though  not  fo  equal 

as 


■  [>«] 

as  that  of  Brutes,  yet  the  Condi- 
ticm  of  the  two  Sexes  is  more  le- 
vel, than  amongft  Gentlemen.  Ci- 
y     ty  Traders,  or  rich  Yeomen.  ■  Ex- 
amine them  in  their   fevcral  Bufi- 
nefles,  and  their  Capacities  will  ap- 
pear equal ;    but  talk  to  them  of 
things  indifferent,  and  out  of  the 
Road  of  their  conftant  Employment, 
and   the  Ballance  will  fall  on  our 
fide,  the  Women  will  be  found  tiie 
more   ready    and    polite.    Let  us 
loook  a  little  further,  and  view  our 
Sex  in  a  flate  of  more  improvo- 
ment,  amongft  our  Neighbours  the 
Dutc/j.    There  we  ftiall  find  them 
managing  not  only  the  Domefticfc 
Affairs  of  tne  Family,  but  making, 
and  receiving  all  Payments  as  well 
great  as  finall,  keeping  the  Books, 
ballancing  the  Accounts,  and  do- 
ing aJl  the  Bufinels,  even  the  niceft 
of  Merchants,  with  as  much  Dexte- 
rity and  Exadnels  as  their,  or  our 
Men  can  do.    And  I  have  often 
hear'd   fome  of  our   confiderable 
Merchants  blame  the  condudl  of  our 
Country-Men  in  this   point ;  that 
they  breed  ijur  Women  fo  igno- 
y  rant 


iktiHOiBdi  tf.a{>oi]«Bi^Mifli% 

ncfmBi  ioiAtiiatkikm^  ^^ 
HwfetMerfteirlEtiykiymgittSvi^wfcgie 
laodi^  M^  ^dagth-  '■  ^eolti^ot6)  h* 
^aiir'4r  oflnm%>«Ititis  tln^heii 
#i^M«fl  mbfwbilwane;  fffn  PiMplet 
BwdarlthadritI  rai;^  |)«eTient  U^' 
MKttd  -oSilwAoykfmkiiiii,  lirliidi-% 
oAoqio^ftaa'ildM  ^^tliis  fitaadaiicf 
MofOlUitsl  ib'vf«UoBtiiUKie^.vfln4 
Slaving!  Jtlxus  AduAnts^iijiKifJbiid^ 

Qrpidns;,Lirfb(kif.iMdefftaaaii]|rj«,(|4 
rimj^  bfiriiehHIufalici^  xaKEnh^il 
Mfim^^akmrioas  ^he  lL«tnAag.^)Hidf 
a^icynm^  the  uptc'Cotfbanwig^ 
finr  £fhMio$t%hiDfa  m^crbb^nt^ 
voiced,  xM^xheiiWife;  ifaKi  jondir- 
ibBKi^:MUdMra(»iA  AcoMbM',  ^^  Mild 
imc  JiiwhjiawiMaiiwioiyyilfc  chtf 

lo©ktlt5^  »Hj  lul  ,-i'hi  ito'fivrl-u 
z-yr<i  ?.ii  ban  ;'(lifn;.I  £  lo  Jiolm--. 
7£il>j:>:rr  f.  rhiv.'  l^-jiin»|  v/i;^iJliM^ 


t^ 


I 


v^ 


y 


f^rfhmteijkK  aiiMMb^r^Afguaien 

ii^d«rfai3giie^iiiid  ibetYifii 
citjr  af^^ducr  Wte^'dflfdiRMdiMfrtf 
out  invenrioii  (whiUi  faie  ;odaMBta 

fin^e.  that  we  wei|er  iehMr  HuMi 
cd  for^Hhoiighti^  tbfe  terdieicf 
thciMinL ;  -IVlnKfiinKilie  cdoo^ 
ry  icdS  ippirnicMmlthi  ftraigdi 
and  fize^  tlicurr  LtJm|»,;thcLf^ 

Sour  and  Hatdukisvof  cheir  €W 
icudoNB^  that  Mdi  «nne  punoAa 
ly  ftani!<i«iid  cotetv'd  feruUliQii^ 
wd  Lahmit.  iUd  Imccui  the  Wtf! 
dom  ani€ontrivaiKe;«f  ffrovideboc 
is  abundaMiy  anniftfkd;  fiifc  i^ 
Che  onef&x  ii  fioitifidd  #ith  qo^ 
rage  9td  Ahi^  to  maAaga  ^ 
iwcefliuy  I>ndga3r«  tot  i»oTidti^ 
Mufondls  lor  ther  liiAaiajiee  ^irf 
Lift.iofaadi;  io/tfaejodKr  isiiiiy 
nx(h'd  vflblngemniii;  ay  BnuHmtei 
kit:  the  Mdcrty  iMkgMMat  !.aad 
diOribution  of  it,  for  dw  Relief  and 
Comfort  of  a  Family  ;}  and  is  over 
wd  iatovc  ennch\i  with  a  pecuhar 

-f >       Twi- 


5§rM%'«^  p6o?;hci^ftS 

Gffftto/'|yf*iid#  Ou?  Oripdfers 
drui%  igLTcSr  our  otflclb^  of 
Thbft^ht  »«lcy  ind  FMf*%iid 
dSMlHi  Aefr  ovCh'heivlnbfi  by  die 
ii«»%ur  Naihifs  bT  Judg^ietft  ahd 
MUdiw.  icfcutnit'  »  eifie  ttf  «t&rt 
dW«"^<Sii  Aft  jfidb^Col  lOltfs  of 
EPOdtfSi  ;^'M^ity  i^ft^fflote 
}tt!tfte3'I  flt^fl  ^uHue?  dab  Poiht 
n^fttWer,'  but  aaSfQKie  ftrm'fti^y 
H6kdt(R»f.  thiie^^lffatu^  hda'<ide 
v^  fb  itef^dhf  «y'u^,>"«§><IWr 

fee^'feftr  eiiife  to  thee^B»aty; 
di«-!i|  htf^r|,||)ft«^  at  iir^'ttW 

*^  '^wfttch;  Fdttii'tf  fuddeirit-«KJ 

ofil  aril  Ir.noijn:-:; 

^t^l  i«i^i^<h»ti  fbf  tirs  f&.e))<)tit«, 
1>4ftt4(^  tft:  Bdiflfty  t(  Nature  te 
A»*f;iUy  negleded,  <*  ftifltid  by  ri$,' 
M'fc^fer  9^«orMttke  us  un^oift)]^ 
difc  Cdf*i^arft  «f  Mtn7  Or  #bdth«/ 

SiDf  ^dueaftdtf  <J$^d  tr  if  if  y 


I 


-^mr. 


t(biQntwdf<Br  prqfecijce  nponjtjji 

of  Tyranny,  and  of  Fear:  I  t|^L 
tv,mm  ir.^  ^^^  "^'^  ^^^^  mentioned  thc^  la? 
<^»/jr;M/y  ter,};,^or  npoe  can  )>%Jyr*WH«  ijut 

Pi^fty  n4wfttyTiilcph?rsanothcwi<t#«/ 
t^^jf  .fear-  ri>a5;;riiey,,ir^.j^c„»iHi 

J  J  dieir 


v/ 


.sife- 


<W> 


fof lllen  b«flg53fen<rt)liii*9'W<!tt'©f' 
dife  AfcUlitifi  dP^n^  iH?a«ii  «fat, 
ai5  of  tte  llfcnjgflJ'  oPBifkly  «iptftefr 

we;  i^ho  1ni'^#>llhfrfft«yo'W  ^fe 

ft«i  in  Deftfl^joh^^  «»i^^  i<?^lf^- 
C€feifTin**,'^"iSJe*)rf5jf^antJ^^r4. 

■  aijd  fkcffcfope'fbtfgatt  in'^toJl'^iihe 
t«  hake  uft  of  Forc«  r-t»a  OMgme 

made  ofe  A^f  (h^fWifts  HBkttiity  to 
'thtomi  't4  taX4?i4<^e^%e«effi-6f5f>cr 
kindheft  fitWi'triP  -  F?ofr«  thatlifiie 
t^y  IwMe  %d«?^dtlf'tf  <ti'tt^atft'  us 
urf*  »ftog«iWr  -'t«  EWcf  %.n^' Ignti-  \,v.5,wq 
^ce";  <4^'b»»»if6fs  (ife\o'<fe  to      -itr* 

^W'tlicy  ^at:'diI»rnr^^'*AtR'i*f 
-^^biMge  ancf  Wit ;  iind^]^ " ' 

liibertyi  4rtd'4t*sa#  " 

^oritf'gfHt^^ndHp  W^i*i' 

■^t^^j9<;dm&r-imk...  ^ 

2W!J  c  3  loufie. 


,v< 


L 


■'*" 


pvcr  us,  liU  hv  dfegien,  it  came  lo 
Jim  hc^  Qf  j^vMricy,  I  am  fky 
Pmcky,  ic  is  now  at  ip  all  the 
^etn  parts  pf  tbe  World,  where 
M»e  Wo««d,  likf  fiur.  Negroes  in 
pur  W^^^  Plantations,  are  bom 
-Javc?,  and  hve  Prifoners  all  their 
-Livcfc.  ]ti^y^  fo  fitt  has  this  barba- 
irou^,HuB»u,r  prevails,  apdfpread 
jt  fclfctljat  in  fpmc  parts  pfBunpf^ 
which  pretend  to  be  mpft  refind 
and  ciyili^'d,  in  ^«c  of  Chriftiani, 
tv#  and  the,  Zeal  for  fUligion  which 
f hey  fo  much  affe^^pur  Condition  is 
not  very  muph  bett^,  And  even 
m  rra>K€,  a  Cpunpy  th^t  treats  oyr 
|oc  ^yith  m«rc.  Zefycfi  |han  mo(l 

ff,b.s^{,-.d\uie4  from  Soveraign  Power.  The 
r^-  French  arc  ai?  ingenious  People  an4 
the  Conpiirea  of  that  Law  knfByir 
wdlxnpwA^  that  We  were  np  \(& 
Fai>aW^  oTRckninff,  4^  pweming 
.Wfc^c^j  but  they 

r4  »U  pftcn  inco^ 


iii/>;l 


omen,  w^  would  &. 
own  5c%  ^d  might  ^ 
£  vJ  jimc 


fiiA#  i«ftb#fe  ^ftri  fp  Jthci^i  Prtngtive 
Il*«iity  and' Equality  witk  the  Men. 
aflid  fp  bre«k  the  neck  of. that  un- 
r^ljbhabk  Autboritych^  fo  much 
iS*S&  bV«riisrilnd^thepe«btt  made 
thife  Law  tpn^oiit  if,  xheHi- 
(lorians  indeea  it*n  us  dthi^  Rea" 
9im't  but  they  can't '  agitv  ameag 
diem^hres,  and  a$  Men  are  I^ies 
agaihft  us,  and  diorefote  ittilr  Evi- 
deii0s«tty  ju(Uy  be  refedkd.  To 
ftr  the  With,  Madam,  I  c*i't  tell 
M^to^veall  this  .from  Ancient 
Riwords  }  fpr  tf  any  Hiftories  were 
aiii*itetly  written  W  Women,  Time 
and  the  Malice  of  Men  have  efl!«. 
dually  confpirVi  to  fupprcfs  'em  • 
ahd  k  is  not  reafonable  to  ^hink 
that  Men  fliou'd  traafmk,  or  fufier 
tb  be  tranfmitted  to  Pofterity, -any 
thing  that  might  fhew  the  Wtfak- 
neftand  ill^hnr  of  riieir  Title  toi 
alPdwcr  they  ftiU  ocerdfe  fo  »bi- 
ttarll^,  and  are  fo  fbnd  of.  -But 
fipc/ daily  Experience  Ihtws,  and 
their  own  Hiftories  tell  us^how  «af<J 
neftly  they  etideanrpur,  a^dwhat; 
theyadt,  andibffer  to  pne  the  llune 
Trick  upon  one  anochefi  :ti(  itfttt- 
C  4  cal 


s«4 ./  ftjri&rti  ;A*«5b<|i?i(3f  tbw  haft  Mqtm 

^nwtigft  liiMm,  MlM<lt  «fi»;4  r  JK4qt 

»y*:  rljfir  /ttpoi  l4f9ipnm>c*ii«9i(he 
WoonorWowUnwctJiftw  Wt>^ 

che^oqfii  0f.|^  £aiei  and  i$dcui; 

wikr&.»v«(t  otmdilMr^^i  whirti 

not  fp  Isafie,  «8  tct  fiigagc  their  Won 
nHa tto  'ft$y  omofifti'eln ,;  but  as^ Jj, 

1*1  |.  J  (irfvy 


llre!jir>t|ndi)dmKki|opih«!.;j4f9Alwx : 
di£o'i!gKVk\ffmJkg^,  aa4.1'o:jealfi8 
M,  I  ivwi'Chis  vngiac^^:t3ligcef- 
F^mra  o|iQ0ld((u$  iiill  iKiam»  ati4 

-tnl    \v:    .r.i  znnhi  -jmz  ,v/o!i''/i   j 

'  r  ¥pu->wa11  ftlcufofcl  I^Mw  2Muir. 

9{fyrobahk)ii^e«iMt'  \vii>^>W«  il«e  at 

i¥^i»t  ^^<h»Bg  4t»  <>piqi#ri   of    / 
outf;$tfnfe^iWjJhJwltt»l! Capacities,  "^ 
^ijhfcr  .«t ;'  pr^liniE ,  i»r:  nin  .  time 
pa^  b<ii4«u)Jla£  k  lMic6yi  l^s  Or   I 
pf»  iwicbOUt    atxy :  icanrfii^^ofo!  our 
Sfitof  why  J9*c  Improvement^  ^re  ai 
^^entio  4U%rot>orciott'^t^  (ho.9 
(rff>4enf ,  il  wtm'd  aoc  h»ve  4fly  of 
eiig<  licck, : .  uocbiaking.  rAdfer^ies 
ttiutaph.  at  ray  .allowing  ■  a  rfi^o- 
portion  botvv«fcmtiiKi  {itt^renjenti 
of)  our  Sex,  and. theirs;  tad  I  a« 
furc'tljofe  of 'enj'tliatareijtgeniou^ 
McQk/.viU  "foe  ao.  ce^n^  i^;Vift<*n 
Ifr^l  bavelaid.  After 


■  After  hatinegrtiited  To  great  a 
Afpakitjr  as  1  We  already  done  ia 
the  cuftoiBiry  Ed«itflai«n^  nttd  U^ 
yantariou*  Liberties  of  the  Sexfev, 
rwor^'Noitfeiife  to  maintain,  thac 
our  Society  is  genewUy  and  upon 
all  actooms  ai-Amfeficiai,  imfii^J 
ving  and  Eatertainingv  as  that  of 
Men.  HemijftboiTOyihalfcwr 
^^  Fellow,  that  reforts  to,  and  fr©- 

^  quewfr  us  »  hopes  by  oor  modns 
*  wmakehimftlf  eonfideraWe,  as  a 
Schohr,  a  Mathenjaticiaii,  a  Phi- 
lofopher,  or  a  StttOB-raan.  Thefe 
Arts  and  Sdencei  are  the  refult  on- 
ly of  much  Study,  and  great  Erne, 
ncncc ;  and  wiehooc  one  at  leaft  Of 
'f"  *rf  no  more  eo  be  acquir'd  by 
the  Company  ^  j^^n,  howevet 
cclcbrtted  fof  any,  or  all  of  them, 

?lul  °""'  5ut  there  arc  ochei- 
QualUfic^ons,  which  ate  as  indMf 
penfably  neceflary  to  a  Gentleman, 
or  any  Man,  that  woud  appear  to 
Advanage  in  the  World,  which 
arc  attainable  only  by  Company, 
and  Converfation,  and  chiefly  by 
I  «««^vNor  can  thegreateft  part  of 
Manlund,  of  what  K^ality  foever, 

hoaft 


boailfflttcfa  o£  die  ufe  th^t  mak?* 
or  the  benefit  they  reap'  &om  thefe 
adknowlcdg'd  Ad vaioages.  So  that 
Scholars  only,  apd  fome  ^yv  of 
the  mooi  :fhiAiing  Qeotlotpep,  and 
Men  o{  Bttfiiiefs,  haye  any  juft 
claim  to  'em.  And  d*  th^  the 
fitft  generally.  feU  Ihprt  enough  J^^^" 
(bmc  och^  way  to  make  (he  Bal-</mr. 
lance  OFeivc^ikwScbolacs,  (hough 
by  their  acquaintance  with  Books^ 
and  cenYeru^  much  with  Old  Auf  i 
^»ors,  tli^y  may  knovy  perfeAiy 
ijic  Senfif  of  the  I^CJUned  Pc^ 
and  be  ficM  Maftccs  of  theWii- 
4om,  be.  phroughly  infbrm'd  of  th^ 
State,  indjB^^y  skill'd  in  tl)e  Po- 
licies of  Ages  Jong  fuice  paft.  yet 
by  their  recir'd  an^  unadive  Lifc| 
their  n^le<%  of  Bufiqefs,  and  cpnr 
itant  Converfation  with  Antiquity, 
tliey  are  fuch  Strangers  tQ,  and 
fo  ignorant  of  the  |]kime(^ci  A^ 
fairs  and  Manners  of  tlieir  own 
Country  aiid  Times,  that  they  apr 
put  like  the  Ghoils  of  0\d  Re,, 
matis  rais'd  by  Magicjk.  Talk  to 
tlicm  of  the  Affyrian,  <x  Perjian 
^piWrchicSj  ^%  Grecian  ot  Romaif 


•-.1  » 


Or«d«f ^  th^  KcMh  m&t'd  SiaoB* 

^•td^  hlV«-4Meii*  lef<:<ichan  Qbi^ 
fidentft^'Cf '  S4mir*mif^  'Tuoms  i^ 
<j>»W  tfc*g^cat,  oW  Cw«icB  ofuW. 
letr  atidLyt^rgHS,  or   PlNvjr-'  Oittii* 
ctHH&Ses  srC  Ittft  to  th«  Twelve  ft**. 
/tfrf  fuciclfively ;  bupengagie  them  iit 
a  DJf^urA' chat  ccmccrnsthe  prefbiit 
I    Tirte*^  'aind  their.  Nativ©  Couutiyi 
/     and  they  tktiily  ft»«aJt the  Laiigua« 
of  it,  and  know  fi>  .little  of  iSe  ^ifr 
feirsoffc, 'tharasittacfc  might  tdit- 
fonaHy'  be  expefiW  feom  an  irfli. 
mated    ^;^y/M«    Xfettwrny.     They 
art  Tcry  much  difttiAed  to  ft»  a 
Fold;<)t  a  Pkit  amift  in  the  Pi<^e 
of  an  Old  Renuin  Gown,  yet  takfc 
no  notice  that  their  owq  aw  chM^ 
bare  out  at  the  Elbows^  or  Mg. 
Red,  and  iufler  ihoreV  ^/-{/iirfr 
Head  "tw  broken  than  if  it  we^^ 
^heft-  ttwri.    They  '  ttr6    eiteefteti^ 
Guides;  aifid  can  dirodl  you  to  ei. 
very  Ally,  and  tuwingih  -old  imnf; 
yetldfe  their  way  at  honiic  in  their 
own  Parifti.    They  are  mighty  i^ 
mircft  \>f  the  Wit  and  Eloqu(^rict='of 
^  the 


i^ ,tH.  «nftff#f>^«f*„riMiflffi»^r 

aMifor>iip&iMiig  l«!giWp.;H  B^t  ,»fi 
hyrii«ha«li(»litlMyi(^^Wt>pi$^3if!qt  fii)i^ 

nmt  lti4et^iJH»(K>W9.!]E|MMb  ]m»> 
itHWMO  bK^IMAr  JM<M»«rs  ofbrtim? 

;bqr\.cnHnpMMji  in«cMuM  i«K  ¥iw«i 


nam 


s  > 


mtdit  will  «r^'«(PftP^/ tyf^tf^ 

aiKl  tife  ftAidh,  thM^'ti^  ftMc  ^ 
^-«6-*b*>  to  l4#rdilc^>i^ 

and  having  made  the  ufual  7&^ 
of  Latin  and  Greek  Authors,  they 
*etall'd  Home  to  be  made  Gei^ 


d^MpftiUbeftidlircfae  aji^vdriMKh^r 
M«lc|jihs<tO:ftil  hMfidf  actiiibb^ 
ty^^  icoafiil6rft;«(Br  W  ns^^hdm^. 
UMKd;  fMM^'  r  ami^  ^tii^cejl  to^^ 
oflBlRwJtfirfifaidt  arewiib  efibi%lri 
to(%c<  oTltfsriOi^littn  >  i«Kb jiUiW  i 
ioMtiM  oHMfce  dF  liie  tar.,: 
biMiviAo^ikaiflbiifee  he  cMttiiAid,  / 
wMi  At^mLlMi  yebuRiQaa^  bbm 
fmfe  f  cttowi.  dnt  ^avr  4iM  f» 
nocArirMWdoud  ihi^ptac>Sd»ol» 
QbMMotei^ M meflfl  itt  ikto 
(MatieBHM^'<mtti  updt  oafy  ^  itortot^ 
Wirt  and  pdi^jporfio^raiidf: 
oMfift  themnov^^^odaitsiind 
MiDoUnaAeh.    flMepnkUt  re.' 
fiteioas'  clHen,  his  Conrartation^ 
fecllbiiic  yean><  (iioceedii^,  i^iirhok^ 
Ijiaahen  -ojt  ftyilm  Hoilei^  Degti 
milU4k»( dfieeklfy  ifAbR^Ht^ 
ocfide  he  iat  c bfe :  Oouacryi^  the 
iMBeftnfMiiAfumalsdMKidniNi  'an. 
HiKfiroomi  thiBJiuntfittan,  Jand  htsy 
fmoau  ufhi§  Tutors,  rarid  hist 
wtttt  it  iroin  thd  Stable  to  di&iDog-        •, 
W«didyiunkktherevcrfcofiit.:.iHi»r       ^ 
diwrfroiv  is  Attd^ry,  and  he  ^tm 
«»H  higheft 


ancbiihft  hvhi^lQdiikVi  jin^vFao^^  ? 
and  GonfuTidBii;  f^jtmatfaiaiMMci 

aidb  i£ixatt:.<bf  MdfMioikvfla  /his 

y4actfa£QMiipiin)cbbio6wc^)a^o£i 
OMadf  ia»  tfi»o«riift  ^JiclMinBriMli 

Aabnomft^gmtHfsxilfli^  Qni)itytp 
ordfniRbctlds  ^miifee^dT  fllfciiii(> 
as  wtiklanfviimcdzPdkm^odikr' 
is  -ivnjriiraiiAftic  i  it.  idij  iCIttbt>i«tt» 
Meeting*,  fl£.!«hr-)Clouifty  GcdtlcM- 
nmf^flwkntt^U  Mnfllvflifor  no^kinffl 
t«ihtt  («i^  aildmt^  piyMtiA 
J»fas;.hiBqDtt,  dOdiiisKicML  iJi»h 
oirchefo^iilagifQfpteiliUhrfihttM^ 
pa',  and  Acifbfifliia»lmittdF;i^ah 
theipaieiahce  o^fhi'  GiknpanydiibdhrJ 
Tavtin,.  asNupdixtbeir  rJakleTiiiMi 
in  thcGidUi,  andiricdftunteiw) 
aiBiei.  whe0«oib4iuiife.       c    v  I 
i>:.hMl  Hit 


•ffij?  IJNwgjWafca,  and  i4Fo5hii^ 


lOlU. 

Quarter  to  the  ScUions  ;  Where  Tie 


lenani 


m 


VliiU 


aft*  T6i^  iftdHit'-^^^lffla 


'^  '        ibitiiHat 
">  neinp 


nifty 


Aiajr,  aiKl(k)  often  Biffle  and  Fra^ 
<ftraee  the  Bieas  of  a.  liberal  £du- 
tatipo,  M  well  by  Indaftgr  as  Ncg- 
lltencc.  ^Tit  ^Wrd  to  iay,  which 
-^f'chcfe  t#o  is  die  mole  Sbttifli  j 
the  firft  is  fudvan  Admirer  of  Let- 
ters, that  he  thinks  ic  a  difparagc- 
ment  to  his  Learning  to  talk  what 
Oth'er  >M«n  underftand,  and  wilij 
'fcanceibelJive  that  t\v*,  and  two,' 
llidke'feur,  undlcr  a  DenMNiftracion 
A«te' A«fM-or  ,a  t;iuoBation  of  >^. 
i¥ffleiU.'>fthc  Jjtttcr  has  fu<h  a  fear 
^lIPcdanwyKtways  before  his-  Eyes, 
'that  he thinjQs  it^  Seandsii  io:his 
"good  'Breeding  and   Gcntilfty  to 
'tlik  -Scnfe,  or  write  true  £#«;///&  ; 
Hkd  hu'fiich  a  oontcmptible  Jhfoti- 
•bn  of  his  jm(1  fiducattoii,  tlwt  hef, 
thinks  thtf  AciwriM  Poets  good  for 
hothing  but-  to  "teach  Boys  to  cap' 
Verfes.  'For. my  part  f  tljink  the: 
Learned,  iifd  Unlearned  Blockhead  v^ 
>"etty  eoaaJ;  for  'tis  all  one  to 
•«e,  whether  a  Man  talk  Nonlenfe,  ^ 
6t  unintellieiible  Senfe,  I  am  diver- 
led  ftfid   edified  alike   by  cither ; 
ine  one  enjoys  bimfelf  left,  but  fuf- 
'jftrt  his  Friends  to  do  it  more  ;  the 


,*i^Kti» 


D  » 


other 


'U 


Tht  Eiluco' 
tim  tf  thi 
FtmaUsex 
tut  ftdif' 
citnt  tts 

tlmghU 


[.3«] 
Other  enjoys  himfeif  ind  his  owii 
Humour,  enough,  but  will  ictitio 
body  ell'c  do  it  in  hi$  Company. 
Thus,  Madam,  I  have  fct  them  be- 
fore You,  and  ftiall  leave  y.oU  to 
determine  a  Point,  which  I  ean- 
wx.  ,  ,..  ..  ,       A 

■    !'P7  <>'  I  "i    fr.'jfi 

There  are  others  that  deferve  to 
be  brought  into  the  Company  of 
thefe  upon  like  Honourable  Rea- 
fons  ;  but  I  keep  them  in  refis^ve 
for  a  proper  place,  vfterc  I  may 
perhaps  take  the  pains  to  draw 
their  Pidurcs  to  the  Life  at  JvU 
length.  Let  us  now  return  to  our 
Argument,  froai  which  we  have 
had  a  long  breathing  while.  Ixt 
us  look  into  the  manner  ef  our 
Education,  and  fee  wliaein  it  fails 
ihort  of  the  Mens,  ^d  kow  the 
defcdts  of  it  may  be,  aqd  arc  gene- 
rally fupply'd.  In  our  tender  yj^rs 
ihcy  arc  the  lame,  for  after.  Cii^l- 
drcu  can  Talk,  they  aM  promtlf^- 
oufly  wiiglit  to  Read  *nd  Write  by 
the  lamci  I'crlbus,  and  at  .tiie  i's^c 
time  both  Upys  aind  Girls.  ,wli:n 
tkcfc are  acq^ird,  which  is  gcnc«|U 
.  , ,  ly 


[57] 
ly  about  the  Age  of  Six  or  Scvtn 
Years,  they  begin  to  be  feparated, 
and  the  Boys  arc  fcnt  to  tire  (jrant' 
mei->'Schoo1 ,  arid  the  Girls  to  Board- 
ing Sthools,  Or  Other  places,  to  learn 
Needle  Work,    Dancing,   Singing, 
Mufick,   Drawing,    Painting,    and 
other  Accomplifliments,  according 
to  the  Humor  and  Ability  of  the 
Parents,  or  Inclination  of  the  Chil- 
dren.    Of  all  thefe,   Reading,  and 
Writing  are  the  main  Inftruments 
of  Converfation  ;   though  Mufick 
and  Painting  may  be  allow'd  to  con- 
tribute fomething  towards   it,    as 
they  give  us  an  infight  into  two 
Arts,  that  makes  up  a  great  part 
of  the  Pleafurcs  and  Divcrfions  of 
Mankind.    Here  then  lies  the  main 
Dcfedl,  that  we   arc  taught  pnly^ 
our  Mother  Tongue,    or  perhaps 
French,  which  is  now  very  falhion- 
ahlc,  and  almofl:  as  Familiar  amongfl: 
Women  of  Quality  a;  Men  ;  where- 
as the  other   Sex  by   nicans  of  a 
more  cxtenfivc    Education  to  the 
knowlcdg  of  the  Romim  and  Gtrek 
Languages,  have  a  v after  Fetid  for 
thcii-  Imaginations  to  rove  in,  and 
D  3  thcic 


/^ 


Heligiin, 

&c.n*prf 

ftrfiiijeffi 

fir  mixt 

Wtvtrff 

lim. 


[38] 

chcir  Capacities  thereby  enla^g'd, 
To  fee  whether  this  be  ftridlly  true 
or  not,  I  mean  in  what  relates  tp 
our  debate,  I  will  for  once  fuppofe, 
that  wc  are  inftrudcd  only  in  our 
pwn  Tongue,  and  then  enquire 
whether  the  Difadvantage  be  fo 
great  as  it  is  commonly  imagined. 
You  know  very  well,  Mae/am,  tliat 
|br  Converiation,  it  is  nop  requifite 
we  fhould  be  Philologers,  Rhetorici* 
ans  ,  Pnilofophcrs ,  Hiftorians,  or 
Poets  ;  but  only  tliat  wc  (hould 
think  pertinently,  and  cxprefs  our 
thoughts  properly,  on  fuch  matters 
as  arc  the  proper  Subjeds  for  a 
mixt  Convcrfation,  The  Italifl/ts, 
a  People  as  delicate  in  their  Con- 
verfation  as  any  in  the  World, 
have  a  Maxim,  That  our  felves,  our 
Neighbours,  Religion,  or  Bufmefs 
ought  never  to  be  the  Subjed. 
There  arc  very  fubftantial  Reafons 
to  be  given  for  thefe  Rdbidions, 
for  Men  arc  very  apt  to  be  vain, 
and  impertinent,  when  they  talk  of 
themfelves,  befides  that  others  aro 
very  jealous,  and  apt  to  fufpcdt, 
fbftC  all  the  good  things  laid,  are 


ijit^ndcd  as  fp.  many  areumcflj:s  oC 
pr^erence  to  ■"tl^an.  Whca  they, 
fpcak  of  their  Neigl^bours,  they  arc 
apt  out  of  a  Principle  of  Enjiilation 

and  Envy,  tmiuaf jl^^^^  "^Hi^^^  ?^ 
A^^m,  to  )0t\^,  ifi^  tarrum  their 

Fan^c,  whetj^";  .^  open  ScandaU 

apd  pefjim^tory  St9jcics^  ^4  T*^^^i 
Qjc  t^  malicioi^s  ^^njfihu^tioos,  invi-^ 
dipHS  Cufimjftf/ifc^,  fm^ftcr  an(^ 
foyprt  Hc^%is,  If  his  /hun^oue 
fpfipgs  from  an  o\ec  fondncfs  of 
<^t  fclvcs,  ai^4  ^  mifta^cn  conceit 
tlw  {»^othcrj|  Iftl^'  ^s  an  addition  tcj 
bur  ovvn  Rcp^tatipn,  as  if  like  two 
Buckets,  one  fn^(t  nec^My  rife 
9S  the  other  goes  dqwn.  TW?  is 
tliC  b^fefb  aJif  mqft  uf|gf qcpays  of 
gjl  our  natural  Faifures,  and  ought 
tp  be  corr<^cd  ?s  i|iuch  as  pofTiblc 
pyy  ^hcrc';  Ijut  n)o'rc  cfpocjally  in 
f^aly,  where  Refentmcnps  arc  car- 
ried fo  higji.  and  Revenges  projl^r 
cutpd  with  fp  much  Heat  and  A- 
nifnofitv.  Religion  is  mw  vpr 
ry  tender  tl\cre,  as  in  al^  .ptlw 
pVcs.  w,l?prc  the  Pricftf  to ,% 
much  Power  apd  4.>Jtt}o»fy./  Biff 
even  here,  where  buf  j^ffprencqs 
D4  and 


k 


',      [40] 

itid  dif^utes  have  made  it  ttiotd 
tame,  ind  us'd  it  to  rough  hand- 
line,  it  ought  carefully  to  be  avoi- 
ded j  for  nothing  raifes  unfriendly 
warmths  amongCompany  more  than 
a  religious  Argument,  which  therefore 
ought  to  bcbanifht  all  Society  inten- 
ded only  for  Converfition  and  Divcr- 
fion.  Bufmefs  is  too  dry  and  barren 
CO  giv6  any  Spirit  to  Converiation.or 
fleafure  to  a  Company,  and  is  there- 
fore rather  to  be  re£kon'd  among 
the  Encumbrances  fhap  Comforts  m 
Life,  however  ftcccliary.  Befides 
thcfc,  Points  of  Learning,  abftruf<J 
Speculations,  and  nice  Politicks, 
ought,  in  nly  opinion,  to  be  exclu- 
ded ;  becaafe  being  tjliines  that  re* 
quite  much  Reading artd  Confidera- 
tiorf;^  they  arc  not  fit  to  be  canvas'd 
kx  thytpore  in  mixt  Company,  of 
which 'ii3  probable  the  greateft  part 
Vrill  have  little  to  fay  to  'cm,  and 
will  fcarce  be  content  to  be  filent 
Hearers  only ;  befides  that  they  arc 
hot  in  their  nature  gay  enough  to 
iwakcn  the  good  Humour,  or  raife 
die  Mirth  of  the  Company.  Nor 
^cd  anyone  to  fear,  that  by  thcfc 


lihnitatjons  Converfation  Ihou'd  be 
reftrain'd  to  coo  narrow  a  compafs, 
there  are  fubjeds  cnougii  that  arc 
in  themfclves  neither  infipid,  nor 
oflfenfive?  fuch  as  Love,  Honour, 
I    Gallantry,  Morality,  News,  Raille- 
ry, and  a  numbcrlels  train  of  other 
Things  copious  and  divening.  Now 
I  can^  fee  the  neccflTity  of  any  other 
Tongue  befide  our  own,  to  enable 
us  to  talk  plaufibly,  or  judiciouflyr 
upoh  any  of  thefcTopicks:  Nay,  I    I 
am  very  confident,  that  'tis  poflibic 
for  an  ingenious  Pcrfon  co  make  a 
very  confiderable  progrefs  in  moft    I 
parts  of  learning,  by  the  help  of 
Enilifh  only.    For  the  only   rcafon 
I  can  conCrt  vc  of  Learning  Langua-  prcvcmM, 
ges,  is  to  arrive  at  the  Senfc,  \Vit,  t,kewM( 
or  Arts,  that  have  been  communi- ^Jji^'J^X. 
cated  to  the  World   in  'em.    Now  awtj  •«/;. 
of  thole  t\\»iX  have  taken  the  pains 
to  make  themfclves  Mafters  of  tlvofe 
Treafurcs,  many  have  been  fo  ge- 
nerous as  to  impart  a  fliarc  of  'cm 
to  the  Publick,  by  Tranflations  fot  j 
the  ufc  of  the  Unlearned ;  and  I  flat- 
ter my  lelf  Inmctimcs.  that,  fcvcral 
of  thcfc  were  more  particularly  \w\' 

dertakcti 


[  42  J 

dertakcn  by  Ingcniojus,  good  NjV 
tur'd  Men  in  Kinjjnefs,  and  Gim- 
paflion  to  our  Sex,  But  whatcyer 
the  Motives  were,  the  obliging 
Huraoun  has  io  ht  Rf^vail'd,  tha^ 
fcatce  any  tiling  eitncr  Ancient,  m 
Modern,  that  might  be  of  general 
ufe,  eitlwc  for  Ple^fuce,  or  Inf]bcM- 
dion,  is  left  untOHC^'d,  and  rao^ 
of  them  are  made  entirely  free  of 
out  Tongue.  I  am  no  Judge  e^ 
thcr  of  tlic  Accuracy,  or  Elegancy 
offuch  Performances;  but  if  I  may 
credit  the  report  of  Learned  and 
Ingenious  Gentlemen,  (  whofe  Judg- 
ment or  Sincerity  I  have  no  reafon 
to  queftion  )  many  of  thofe  excel- 
lent Authors  liave  loft  nothing  by 
the  change  of  Soil.  I  can  fee  and 
admire  the  Wit  and  Fancy  bf  Ovii/ 
in  the  Tranflation  of  his  Epiftlcs, 
and  Elegies,  the  foftnefs  and  Paf- 
fion  of  Tibullus,  the  Impetuofity 
and  Fire  of  Juvenal,  the  Gayety, 
Spirit  and  Judgment  of  Horace; 
who,  tho  he  may  appear  ycry 
different  from  himfelf  through  tlic 
divcrfity,  and  inequality  of  die 
^ands    conccrn'd  in  making  him 

fpcak 


[43  J 
fpeak  Englijhi  yet  may  cafdy  be 
guefi'd  at  from  tlie  feveral  excel- 
lent Pieces  rcndcr'd  by  the  Earl  of 
JioJcommM,  Mr.  Cowley,  Mr.  Dry- 
d^H,  Mr.  CoHgreve,  Mr.  Brown  and 
oitl^t  ii^cnious  Gentlemen,  who 
liave  oblig'd  the  Nation  widi  their 
cj^ceUeot  V^fions  of  fome  parts  of 
him.  Nor  is  it  pofllbic  to  be  in- 
fcnfible  of  die  fwectncfe  and  Maje- 
ity  of  Virgil,  after  having  read 
thofe  litde,  but  Divine  Samples, 
already  made  publick  in  £»g- 
lijh  by  Mr.  DrjdeH,  which  gives 
US  fo  much  Impatience  to  fee  tho 
whole  Work  entire  by  that  admira- 
ble Hand,  I  have  heard  funic  in- 
genious Gentleman  iay  ,  That  ic 
was  impoffible  to  do  Jufticc  in 
Qur  'Rjngue  to  thelb  two  lad 
Celebraccd  Rpm^m  Poets  ,  and 
I  have  known  others,  of  whofe 
Judgments  I  have  as  high  an  Opini- 
on, affirm  the  contrary  ;  my  igno- 
rance of  J_atin  difables  mc  from 
determining  whether  are  in  the 
right,  but  the  Beauty  of  what  I 
have  already  fccn  by  the  means  of 
rhpfe  Gcixlcmcn,  has  lb  far  prejii- 


r 


[44] 

dic^d  mc  in  favour  of  the  latter;  that 
might  I  liave  'era  entire  from  the 
fame  hands,  I  think  I  fhou'd  fcarce 
envy  thofc,  who  can  taft  the  plea- 
furc  of  the  Originals.  Nor  is  it  to 
the  Poets  only,  that  we  (land  in- 
debted forthe  Treafurcs  of  Antiqui- 
ty, We  have  no  lefs  Engagements  to 
thofe,  who  have  fucfcefsfuUy  la- 
bour'd  in  Profe,  and  have  made  us 
familiar  with  Plutarch,  Seneca,  Cicero, 
and  in  general  with  all  the  famous 
Philofophers,  Orators  and  Hiftori- 
ans,  from  whom  we  may  at  once 
learn  both  the  Opinions  and  Pradti- 
ces  of  their  Times.  Aflifted  by  thefc 
helps,  'tis  impoflible  for  any  Woman 
to  be  ignorant  that  is  but  dcfirous 
to  be  ocherwife,  though  (he  know 
no  part  of  Speech  out  of  her  Mo- 
ther Tongue.  But  thcle  arc  nei- 
ther the  only,  nor  the  greatcfl:  Ad- 
vantages we  have ;  all  that  is  excel- 
lent in  Frj!tce,  I'aly,  or  any  of  our 
neighbouring  Nations  is  now  be- 
come  our  own;  to  one  of  whom,  I 
may  be  bold  to  fay,  we  are  behol- 
ding for  more,  and  greater  Improve- 
rt^cnts  of  Converfation,  than  to  all 

Anti- 


Antiquity,  fto4  the  learned  Langua-    ' 
ges  tDgcthec,   ^^J<?r  can  I  imagine  t^  rimu 
fociwhat  gopdRcafon  a  Man  skiU'd  ^{^^j;;:^. 
4n  XJilisxi,  anti  G?eek,  and  vers'd  in  ly  nftr»in- 
<lw  Authors  (^f  Ancient  Times  fliall  '^J^^^^ 
be  call'd  Learned ;  vet  another  who  ,fij,ti„ 
pCrfeAly  undtr^ofiS  Italian,  French,  •»''  Gr«4 
SMKi/h,  High,  J?¥fch,  and  tb^  reft  of ""  -^ 
thc^£«/-f/«'«j»  Languages,  is  acquain- 
ted; with;  thfl;Mpocrn  Hiftoryof  all 
thofe  CouopMS,  knows  tW;  Poli- 
cies, has  dix^d  into  ail  the  Intrigues 
of  iibe  fevcrai  iCourts,  and  can  tell 
t^ipir  mutual  Difnofitions,  Obliga- 
tions, andTi$s<»  Iniiereftone  to  a- 
inoditr,  fliall  afta  all  this  be,^ought 
.Ufllearncd  for  >vaut  of  thvfe  two 
Language$v??Ji»y,  tfiough  bo  be  ,ne- 
.vcrfp  well,  i^i^rs'd  in  the  M^dprn 
iPij^lpphy,  A(li:oi?omy,  Gepjnetry 
;^n4,,AlgcVr*,  he  ihall  notW^hftan- 
,4ng  i  n«y cf  h^  a^loy^'d  thaf  houour- 
■aJH/c  Title.    liC^^.fce  biit  onca^ppa- 
J:^nR,Hcafi>n  ..fof  this  unfair  Pro- 
Pfaoffn  which  ijSk  that  when  about 
^  Age  and  an  half  ago,  all  iIk  poor 
i  I^^pwinfiof  ^-earning  then  in  Being. 
fH'^rfii,  in  ^h^:  hands  of  the  School- 


I        1^1 

hion  ;  ilwy  "ffoM'd  foftr  tioito  fo 
jafs  Mufter,  that  were  not  dpepty 
^gag'd  in  thdfe  inwicace,  vcMitiouis 
and  unintelUgiblclViflles,  forJVFhieh 
thcmfclves  contirtdedwith  ibmuch 
Noife  and  Heat ;  or  at  leaft  wei^ 
not  acquainted  iritk 'Plato  nhdfuiffir 
■flotle;  and  thdr  Gomfticntators ;  from 
whence  vIk  Sophlftry  ind  Shbek- 
♦tic?  of -the  ^Schools  at  that  time 
%ere  xira^n.    This  Ufiu^dori  was 
'ihaintaiij'd  hy  their  BvkietGhiSi,  t\ic 
'Divines,  '\^lx>  co^th^  day  pi4tdH\ 
ahtidft  to ' the'Ktoi^fc^bly  *f '  Deanl. 
ing ;  ioA  irhough  flynw  generous  S^S- 
rits  Wve  In  eood-  meafure  br6kc 
Mthe  f|ed^QFthi9  Arbitrary,  Tyran- 
ritcal  Atithortty  7  y^ean't  they^^re- 
vail  to  cxCertd  th^  nimc  of  Learn- 
ing beyond  the"  Stodief,  in  which 
"the  Divines  ire  more  pieticularly 
conrerlihc.    Thuff  you  fhall;  hive 
•  'emajlow  a  Mati' t<y  be  a  wife  Mih, 
'a  good'Naturalift,  'i  good''M<^he- 
^maisician,   Politician,  or  Poet,  bnc 
not  a  Scholar,  a  learned  Maa,  that 
is  no  Philologcr.    For  ray  part  I 
"think  thcfe Gentlemen  have  jaft in- 
ferred the  ufc  of  the  Term,  and  giJ^ 

v«it 


ven  thit"tor~fheiendwledgk  of  Wir^, 
whidb  beloWgJ  ttore  properly  to 
Things,  ytalkc  Nature  to 'be  t^e 
grtat  Bodk'bfUniverfal  Learning, 
which  he  diat"  reads  bcft  in  all,  or 
any  of  its  Watts,  is  the  greateft 
Scholar,  thc-moft  learned  Man; 
ifKl  'tisasVidiculous  fora  Man  to 

"couiit  hitMelf  more  learned  tlwn 
kHddier,  If  ht  telte  no  gi^ter  cx- 
^hi  of  khat^edge  of  things,  be- 
caufehei8*ttOW;Vfeh'd  in  Langua- 

^gfc*;'as  it  Wftrlti  be  ■  f6r  an  Old 
•Ffc|lo\iv  txi  tell  aYbung'Ohe.'his  own 

^  iyes  wef e  ■  better  thaii  '^h'i '  Other's 

-Ijcfcaufe  i\c  ReaWs  wit^'^Spe^cles, 

'ftc  other 'wltHbiit.  ^^  '^' 


.rri 


'^''^hu!5.;i^ik>^<im,  yoirfec  Vv'^may^£,, 
'iftfihe'inifin^e  to(puif4n^for'«^atn-*,/i hdp> 
■lire. 'If  we  -toVe  a  mitia,  •\Vithemt';<;-'^'- 
'fiillihk  ^mm  the    (Doirrtaioh  '6f^"*"-   • 
^fedihts.    tfarI-V»'ill  let  lieamirig 
al^c'at  i»^At,'%tedtdre--l   liavc 
akfcadyteWlh'd  it  ("^ioU|h    not 
<6W-bf\JiI^ai';ft<6^mi^^'Con.    , 
^V^fcoh.'-'^b'SVlYich  ^e'S^iU.  rc- 
^WWi.Vrid' of -which    tJ^'greateft 
'^fatefefcicS  iiiid  5up|.orts  are  fHll 
^i^ax  in 


[4«] 
ifi  Rcfttve.    I  m?4n  the  many,  cx- 
<<Qcllcnt  Authors  of  pur  own  Coun- 
try,, whpfe  Works,  ilf  j>Merc  cof^^s 
to  recount,    Whcrp ;  is  ;Loyc,,  Ho- 
nour ^j)d  Cravqryinpnc  lively, if e- 
f>rcf«ated  dian   in  our  ■  Trage^w*. 
.  wha  has  given  us  ,iNobdcr,    Cjrju- 
,  ftcr  Pidturps  ,  of  Natur? ,  tlian ;  Jf^. 
Shake/pear  i  Where  is  chere  JH9^J- 
.derer  Paflion,  chaa  ip    rhe  M^ijjs 
.Tragedy?,'  Wlwfc  iCri^jf  is  rngsc 
,gwful  and  commanding,  clian  M^. 
lOtivaysi    Whofc  Dcfcrip^ions  more 
,  BeautifulJi  or  Thoughts  iporc  Qil- 
; Jant  tlaaa ^r.  Dryt^Mi  W lw:ri ^  V^c 
■  ,any  of  their  Pls^y?  a4te(^^  my  ^^- 
fions  moVc  by  tlicir  p^redion,  my 
Indignation,    my  CompaiTion,  my 
'  Grief  are  ftU  at  tl>eir  ^ccj^   ,Nor 
;   is  opr  ,:Q?mcdy    at  .^'  infecippr 
to,  our  Tragedy;  fqt,  »9tw  li^ii- 
tion  ^hotie  ilready  nan^'fl  191:  clie 
other  part  of, the  1 5^e,  mo  are 
.^all  exce|if;(^  i|i  thj*  tpp^  ^ir  (fcorge 
:  Sfhertg^,  and   Sit, , ; Mes,  Sc^^j 
.  tor  neai; ,  Bailler v  ,  jw4i  i  Caliaau[y 
.arewitliovt  Rivals,  .Mr-  Wichnrlfy 
;  for  {lroq|tVit,  pointc4  Sfttyr,  foupd 
i«nd  ufcf^L  Obfervaj(ion|  js  bey«fd 


Imitation ;  Mr.  Con^reve  for  (prighti, 
ly,  gentile,  cafie  Wit  falls  fhort  of 
no  Man.  Thefe  arc  the  Mafters 
of  the  Stage  ;  but  there  are  others 
who  though  c*f  an  infcribur  Cials; 
yet  dcferve  CommAndation,  wcri 
tlut  at  prefcnc  my  Bufmefs.  Nay, 
«ven  the  worfl:  of  *cm  afford  us. 
fbme  diverfioii ;  for  I  find  tf  Ibrt  of 
foolilh  Plealure,  and  can  laugh  at 

Mr.  D ^y  s  Faric,  fts  I  do  at  tht 

Tricks,  ind  lrti|>ertfnenCies  cF  t 
Monkey ;  and  was  plcalbd  to  lc4 
the  humour  and  delight  of  rhc  Aui 
thor  in  Mr.  //- — ^^/'s  Eating  and 
Drinking  Play,  which  I  fancyM  was 
written  in  a  ViftualUng  Hoiife.  In 
ftiort,  were  ic  notfot  tlic  too  great* 
frcqUciKy  of  lootc  Exprenkfts,  an<t 
wanton  Irnagcs,  I  fhould  take  ouf 
Theaters  for  the  bcft  Schools  in  tha 
World  of  Wir,  Humanity,  a.ij 
Manners ;  wlVidi  thoy  rftighr  caiily' 
become  by  Tetrenchi^ng  that:  too/" 
great  Liberty.  Neither  have  the 
Poets  only,  feut  the  Criticki  too 
Endca^durd  60  compleat  us;'  Mr. 
DtHHis  and  Mr.  Himtr  ha%'e  by.  their 
^Afwrtotts/  ifnd  Jud*6i6i»'s    favours' 


[  50  ] 
taugltf  us  to  admit?  the  QiCaiUiUes 
as  we  ought,  ani  to  knm  i;h« 
faults  of  the  former.  Nor,  «re  we 
lelsbehoWing  to  «ilKfe  fw  foiswng 
our  Judgments*  tkan  to  thqfc  fiat 
jaifjpg  our  Fancies. 

Theft  arc  the  Sources  from  wliencc 
we  draw  our  gayer  part  of  Con* 
vcrfation ;  I  don't  mean  in  exclufi- 
onto  the  other  parts  of  Poetry,  in 
moft  of  which   C  as  I  have;  heard 
good  Judges  fay  3  we  equal  3t  leaft 
the  Ancients,  and  far  furpafs  ali 
the  Moderns.    I  lionour  th*  Naraesi 
and   admire  the  Writings   of  D(h- 
bam.  Suckling  and  D' avenatit.,  I  am 
ravifh'd  with  the  Fancy  oiCowky, 
and  the  Gallantry  of  H^a/kr.    I  re* 
verencc  the  Fairy  Queen,  am  rais'd, 
and   elevated   with  Faradiff  W* 
Prince  Arthur  compofes  and  reduces 
mc  to  a  Staceof  Yawning  indifTc- 
ruicc,  and  Mr.  W—fiZ—ys  Heroicks 
lull  me  to  Sleep.    Thus  all  RanXs- 
and  Degrees  of  Pocrs  have  tlieir  ule, 
and  may  bcfcrviccablc  to  fome  body 
or  other,  from  the  Prince,  to  the  Pa- 
ltry Cook,  or  Pail-board  Box-ma- 
ker. 


kcf.  I  Ihould  mention  one  SatyJ 
rids,  bat  it  would  b«  endiefs 
to  ckCcend  to  evecy  pirticuiai, 
o£  thc£b:  Mr.  Oldham  is  admira-< 
ble,  and,  to  go  no  further,  chc  ini<* 
nai tabic  Mr.  Butler  will  be  an  cvei?"« 
iaDiJng  Tcftvmony,  of  the  Wit  of 
loos  Age,  and  Nation,  and  bid  e* 
Qsnnaii  De&ince  to  chc  Wits  of  all 
Gountrics,  and  future  Ages  to  foU 
Idwhimih  a  Path  before  uncrack'd, 
Our  Profit  Writers,  tiiat  are  emir 
ncnir  for  a  gay  Stylo  and  Jovial  Ar* 
gurocnt,  are  -fo  raaay ,  dt:*  ic  would 
fwell  ciriB  Letter  too  much,  rp  name 
'cm,  fo  than  I  ihall  only  caKc  no- 
tice, rhat  whoever  can  read  with'- 
eurPleaft^c;  or  LaugWtcc,  the  ctutk 
tempt  of  the  Clergy,  and  the  fol* 
lowing  Lcetars  aiid  Dialogues  by 
(he  iame  Author,  and  the  facetious 
Dialogue  of  Mr.  Broivx  muft  be 
more  Splenetiick  than  HerMlitus,  oi 
more  ftupid,  than  the  Al»  he  laXjgh'd 
ac 

Not  arc  we  lefs  provided  for  the 
ferious  Part  ;  Morality  has  gene- 
rally  been   the   Province   ot  our 

I  X  Clfrgy 


Qcrgv,who  Have  treated  of  all  part* 
of  it  very' largely  withifo   much 
piety,    iiplidity,    atitl    Eloquence, 
chat  as  I  think  I  may  venture   to 
fay,  they  have  written  mote  upon  ic 
than  the  Clergy  of  all  the  reft  of 
the  World;  lb  1  believe  no  Body 
will  deiiy.  tliat  they  have  writtcri 
better. ;  Ytt  I  cou'tt  wilh,  that  our 
Ingenious-  Gentlemen    wou'd  em-* 
ploy  their  Pcnsoftner  on  thefe  Sub- 
jc£ts;  becaulc  the  I'everity  of  the 
other's   Profefllon    obliges  'em  to 
write  witk  an  Air,  and  in  a  Style 
Jefs   agreable ,     and    inviting    co 
Young  People ;  Not  that  we   are 
without  many  excellent  Pieces  of 
Morality,  Humanity  and  Civil  Pru- 
dence written  by,  and  like  Gentle* 
ntttu    But  in  is  the  JucccUcncc  of 
^m,  and  die  abtlity  of  our  Gentle- 
men, whioli  appear^  in  the  Spirit, 
Wit,  and  curious   Oblerrations  in 
tJiolc  P1CCO6,  which  make  me  dcfiro 
more  of  tlie  lame  Nature.  Who  caa 
read  tin  Ella)  s  of  that   Wonderful 
Man  my  Loai  M^icotr,  or  the  no  Icfs 
to  be  aartiir  d  Sir.H^i/ter  Hii/e/f^i'&, 
m  Mr.  Oijfin'i  advice  to  a  Soiv/ 
'  the 


[53] 

the  A^vke  to  a  Daughter,  Sir  fViU 
Ham  Temftes,  at  S\t  George  MacheM' 
z/e's  Eflays,   Sit  Ro^er  ^L' EfiraH^e'^ 
Efop  (  to  which  laft  we  are  like- 
wife  oblig'd  for  an   incomparable    j 
Verfion  of  Seneca  )  and  abuivdancc 
of  others,  without  wilhing  for  more 
from  the  fame,  or  the  like  liands  ?   | 
Our  Neighbours,  the  Freitch,  have 
written  a  great  deal  of  this  kind, 
of  the  bcft  of  which  we  have  the 
benefit  in  Englijh  ;  but  more  parti- 
cularly the  Sieurs  Montague,  Hoche- 
fau:aut,   -and     St.  Fvremotit ,    de» 
fervc  to  be  immortal  in  all  Langua- 
ges.    I  need  not  mention  any  more, 
it  is  apparent  from  thcle,  that  Wo- 
men want  not  the  means  of  being 
Wife  and   Prudent  without   more 
Tongues  than  one;  nay,  and  Learn- 
ed too,  if  they  have  any  Ambition  to 
be  fo. 

The  numberlefs  Trcaiiles  of  An- 
tiquities ,  Philolophy,  ,  Mathcma- 
ticks  Matural,  and  other  Hiftory 
( in  which  I  can  t  pal's  filemly  by, 
that  learned  One  of  Sir  Walter  Ha- 
l9i7b,  which  the  World  he  wnt  of 
E  3  cant 


'[54] 
lant  match  )  wrjttco  originally  uf, 
or  tranflated  to  our  Tongue,  an? 
fuificicnc  to  lead  us  a  great  way 
into  any  Science  our  Curioiity  ihaU 
prompt  us  to.  The  greateft  dif- 
ficultjr  we  flruggled  with,  was  the 
want  of  a  good  Art  of  Reafomng, 
which  we  had  not,  tliat  I  know  of, 
till  that  defed  was  fupply'd  by  the 
grcatcelt  Maftcr  of  that  Art  Mr. 
r£pcir,  whofe  Efliy  on  Human  Un^ 
dcrAandiug  makes  large  amends  for 
the  want  of  all  others  in  that 
kiad. 

Thus,Madam,Ihaveendeavour'd 
to  obvjatc  all  our  Advcrfary's 
ObjCKaions,  by  touching  upon  as 
great  a  Variety  of  things  relating 
to  the  Subjedl  as  I  conveniently 
cou'd.  Yet  I  hope  I  have  troubled 
you  with  nothing  but  what  was 
ncce/Tary  to  make  my  way  clear, 
and  plain  before  me;  and  I  am  apt 
to  think  I  Ivivc  made  it  appear,  that 
nothing  but  difcncouragcment.'or  an 
Idle  Uncurious  Humour  can  hinder 
us  from  Rivalling  moft  Men  in  the 
knowledge  of  great  Variety  of 
/ .  ■  >       ■  things, 


[55] 

things,  without  the  help  of  tnott 
Tongues  than  out  Own ;  which  chc 
Men  fo  often  reproachfully  tell  us 
is   enough.    This  Idlenels  is  but 
too  frequently  to  be  found  amon^ 
us,  but  'tis  a  Fault  equally   com- 
mon  to   both  Sexes.    Thofc  that    ' 
have  means   to  play  the  Fool  all 
their  hvcs,   feldom   care  for   the 
trouble  of  being  made  wife.    Wc 
are  naturally  Lovers  of  out  Eafe,  j 
and  have  great  apprehcnfions  of  the 
difficulty  of  things  untry'd;  Eipeci- 
ally  in  matters    of  Learning,  the 
common    Methods    of    acquirmg 
which  arc  fo  unpleafant,  and  un- 
cafic.    I  doubc  not  but  abundaiKe 
of  noble  Wits  arc  ftifHod  in  buth 
Sexes,  for  want  but  of  iWpedtmg 
what  they  were  able  to  do,    and 
with   how  much  facility.    Kxperi- 
cnce  Ihews  us  every   day   Block- 
heads, that  arHvo  at  a  moderate, 
nay,  fomctiracs  a  great  Reputation 
by  their  Confidence,  and  bri^k  at- 
tempts, whidi   they  nwintam   by 
their  Ddigcncc;  \vinlc  great  Num- 
bcts  of  Men  rtKUraliy  more  in- 
gcnidus  lye    negteded   by.    foe 
1 4  ^^^"^ 


[5«] 

jirant    of  Ihdjjftry    to    improvtf, 

pr  Courage  to    exert   themfelves. 

No   Man  certainly  but  wilhes  he 

had  the  Reputation  in,  and  were 

Hefpedcd    and  Efteem'd    by   the 

World,  as  he  fees  fome  Men  are  for 

the  Fruits  of  thpir  Pens  ;  but  they 

are  loth  to  be  at  the  pains   of  an 

Attempt,  pr  dpubt  their  fufiiciencc 

to  j>erform ;    or  what  I   believe  is 

moft  general,  never  tq   enquire  lb 

far  into  thcmfclyes,  and  their  own 

Abihtiep,  as  to  bring  fuch  a  thought 

into  their  Heads.  This  lad  I  fancy 

\s  the  true  Reaibn,  why  our  Sex, 

who  are  cotnmonly  charged  with 

talking  too  muqh,  ^rq   Uuiky   of 

Writing   fo   little.     I   wilh    they 

>vould  Ihake  of  this  lazy  Defpon- 

dencc,  and  let  the  npble  examples 

pfthe  defervedly  celebrated  Mr». 

rhiltps,  and  the  incomparable  Mrs. 

Behn,  roufc  their    Courages,    and 

ihcw  Mankind  the  great  injuftice 

of  their  Cpntempt.    I  am  confident 

they  wpuld  find  no  fuch  need  of 

ipmantt  the  aflTiftancc  of  Lgnguages  as  is 

&c'"«i^.p"^'^^"y^i'"agw^-     Thofe    that 
kivMntt^t.  hf»ve  of  their  own  ngcd  npt  graft 

upon 


lU^n  Foreign  Stocks.    I  have  ofr 
ten  thought   that  tlie  not  teaching 
Women  Latin  and  Greek,  was  an 
advantage  to  them,  if  it  were  right-  ^ 
ly  confider'd,    and  might  be   im- 
prov'd   to    a   great  heigth.     For 
Girles  after  they   can   Read    and 
Write  C  if  they  be  of  any  Falhion  ) 
are  taught  fuch  things  as  take  not 
up  their  whole  tihie,  and  not  be- 
ing fuffer'd  to  run  about  at  liberty, 
as  Boys,   are   furniih'd   among  o- 
ther  toys  with  Books,  fuch  as  Bf 
mattces,  towels.     Flays  and   Poems  x 
\vhich  though  they  read  carckfsly 
only  for  Divcrfion,  yet   unawares 
to  them,  give  em  very  early  acon- 
fiderablc  Command  both  cf  Words 
and  Senfe;  which  are  further  im- 
prov'd  by  their  making  and  receiv- 
ing  Vifits   with    their    Mothers, 
which  gives  them  betimes  the  op-    |y 
portunity  of  imitating,    cpavcrAng  y 
with,    and   knowing  thp  manner, 
and  addrefs  of  elder  Perions.!  Thcl'e 
I  fake  to  b;  the  true  Rcafons,  why 
a  Girl  of  Fifteen  is  reckon'd  as  ri|n; 
9S  a  Boy  of  One  and  Twenty,  and 
pot    any    natural   forwardntfs   of 


[58] 

Maturity  as  fome  People  would 
pave  it.  Thefe  advantages  the  E- 
ducation  of  Boys  deprives  them  of, 
who  drudge  away  the  Vigour  of 
their  Memories  at  Words,  ufelefs 
ever  after  to  moft  of  them,  and  at 
Seventeen  or  Eighteen  are  to  be- 
gin their  Alphabet  of  Senfe,  and 
arc  but  where  the  Girles  were  at 
Nine  or  Ten.  Yet  becaufe  they 
have  learnt  Latin  and  Greek,  re- 
ject with  Scorn  all  EMgliJh  Books 
their  befl:  helps,  and  lay  afide  their 
Latin  ones,  as  if  they  were  alrea- 
dy Mailers  of  all  that  Learning, 
and  fo  hoift  Sail  for  the  wide 
World  without  a  Compals  to  Steer 
by.  Thus  I  have  fairly  dated  the 
difference  between  us,  and  can  find 
no  luch  difparity  in  Nature  or  E- 
ducation  as  they  contend  for;  but 
\vc  have  a  fort  of  ungenerous  Ad- 
vcrfaries,  that  deal  more  in  Scan- 
dal than  Argument,  and  when  they 
can't  hurt  us  with  their  Weapons, 
endeavour  to  annoy  us  with  ftink 
Pots.  Let  us  fee  therefore,  Ma- 
/law,  whether  we  can't  beat  them 
from  their  Ammunition,  and  turn 

their 


[TP]  • 

tlicir  own  Artillery  upon  them; 
for  i  firmly  believe  there  is  notliiog, 
jarhich  they  charge  upon  us,  but 
may,  with  more  Juftice,  be  retorted 
upon  tliemfelvei.  fii 'f 

They  tax  us  vvith  a  long  Lift  of 
Faults,     and    Imperfedions ,    and 
feem  to  have  taken  a  Catalogue  of 
their  own  Follies  and  Vices,  not 
witii  defign  to  corred  tlKm,  but 
10  (hift   off  the  Imputation  to  us. 
There  is  no  doubt,  but  particular 
Women  may  .be  found,  upon  whom 
every  Charge  may  be  jullified ;  but 
our    Sex    is    not    anlwerabie    for 
them,  till  they  prove  there  are  no 
fuch  Men,  which  will  not  be  be- 
fore Dooms-day.    However,  like  ill 
Neighbours  they    bring  the   Dirt 
out  of  their  own  Homes,  nor  out  cf 
Neatncfs,  but  out  of  Envy  to  their 
Neighbours,  at  whofe"  Doors  they 
lay  it.    But  let  them  remove  their 
Follies  as  oft  as  they  plealc,  they 
are  ftill  as  conftant  to  them,  as  the 
N(ff///ff    to   the   Nmh  Pole,    they 
point  them  out  wliich  way  focvt  r 
they  move.    Let  us  lee  what  thclc 
^  Qiiali- 


T'tnil). 


C^ialities  are,  they  fo  liberally  bcr 
ftbvv  upon,  and  after  lee  how  they 
fit  the  Donors,  and  furvey  *em 
in  their  proper  Figures  and  Co- 
lours. The  moft  familiar  of  thefe 
are  Vanity,  Impertinence,  Envi- 
oufnefs,  Diflimulation,  Incoqftancy, 

To  begin  with  yjn'ity,  it  is  4 
Failing  the  greateft  part  of  Man- 
kind are  tindlured  with,  more  or 
lefs.  For  all  Men  are  apt  to  flat- 
ter themfelves  with  a  Fancy,  that 
they  have  fomc  one  or  more  good 
Qualities,  or  extraordinary  Gifts, 
that  raife  'em  above  the  ordinary 
Level  of  Men  ;  and  therefore  hug 
and  cherifli ,  wliat  they  think 
valuable  and  fingular  in  'em.  It  is 
never  commendable,  Ibmetimes  par- 
donable, when  the  excellencies 
are  real,  and  it  is  moderate,  lb 
much  muft  be  allow'd  to  Humane 
Frailty.  It  is  ridiculous  and  intol- 
lerablc  when  it  is  extravagant,  mif- 
plac'd,  or  groundlels.  It  is  very 
injudicious,  and  makes  men  com- 
monly dote  on  their  Defers,  ajid 

cxpolc 


e«pofe    their  :blfimi(hes    by   thdir 
Fondnefs,  whiith  makes  'em  more 
remarkable  by  the  care  and  orna- 
ment  beftow'd  on  'cm.     Ic    per- 
fuadei  hard  Favour  d  and  diftorted 
Fcllpws '  to   drefs,  and  value  their 
Perfons;    Cowards   to  pretend   xxi\ 
Couragt,    and  pitovoke  Beatings  ;- 
Blockheads  to  fet  up  for  Wit,  and 
make  themfelves  ridiculous  iniPrint; 
Upftarts  to  trag  of  their  -Fariiilicji) 
and  be  reminded  of  the  Garrets  they 
were  born ,  and   the  Stalls  they 
were  brought  up  in.    In  Women 
the  objed:  of   it  is.  their  Beauty^ 
and  B  cxcufable  in  thofe  tliat  have  • 
ic.    Thole   tlwt  have  it  not  may?: 
be  pardon'd;  if  tlicy  endeavour  ac 
it;  becaule  it  is  the  only    undif- 
putcd  advantageioiir  Sex  lias  over 
tlic  other,  alnt\    what   makes  .'em 
rcfpcdted  beyond  allmher  Perfcdi* 
ons,  and  is  alone. ador'd.    In  Men 
it  has  not    only  this  Objed,  ;bUf 
ail  thofe  before  .mcittion'd,  and  a 
hundred    other.    It   is   admirably 
^ccw  in   Writing;  reciting  Fop  Au- 
thor, is  in  full  Luftre  in  a   Beau, 
iTOt  its  moft  unlucky  Profpcd;  is  irt 


Charkliir 


d  SwaggiriBg  CoW*cl,  who  w  a 
F«w)i  beyond;  tte  ;lC(6wvi<aiool  .ef 
SiMTO.  HisL  GooiJage  is  likbi.ao 
Sully.  A^p  Fit,  thait  laaveihim  wpon  ^ 
Frighr^  r  atwi  r &an» :  wbca '  he  is 
out  06  ttic  jrcacli  jo£  a  Codgdl 
He  l^nds  'much,  cunciia  tbccBcnr 
cing  Schooi  ami  Fights  .triakly 
where  there  is.  npi  danger  of  Wddndl^ 
nor  Smart.  His,  Hands  are  inftiuf 
<5tcd,  buc  liis  Heils  do  himalttl^c 
Sesviicci  He  is  a  nicd  obfecwt  jflfi 
Pwiftilkirs-,  and  takes  mofc  Af'. 
fionos'  than  aae  givca  himJ  He. 
drjuwsfikftr and.iuns  iirft,  and  if 
ever  Ittt'ttiaket  anodier  Wan  idn; 
ic  is  aftct  him.  >  Me  is  a  Pcbbld  thac 
fparkles  tike  a  Diamond,  bucjwapts 
hasdnds.  He  caUts :  perpccuaJiyi  pf 
what  he '  will  du^o  bull  thinks  cott* 
trnuallyofTvhaE  be  fliail  fuficn  He 
is  oftm  in-Quairclk^;  ya  feldtjmiini 
Raiconntecs;  /anifii  glad  :  of  la 
Challenge  ,  efait  he  may;  know 
wliom^  and  when  to  arvoidv-  iHe 
brings  up  tlie  Rear. at  an  Engage- 
mem:  ,  and  leads  the  Van  m^  the 
Retreat.  He  ii  ai  Man  of  mucb 
PalHon,  but  the  nxjft  predominant 
u  is 


[«3] 
is  his  Fear.  He  offers  aficonts  rea* 
dily,  bun  has  toopiuch  Iwnour  to 
juftifie  thera,  and  wijll  fubraic  to 
any  terms  of  fatisfedion  rather  than 
occafion  Blood-ftied-  He  is  fo  fuU 
of  Courage,  that  it  boils  over  when 
there  is  no  occafion,  and  his  Sword 
znd  Per/on  are  always  at  Leifure, 
and  at  your  Service,  till  you  want 
them,  and.  thpq  to  his  great;  Trour 
blc,  he  is  always  iodifjppnfably  en- 
g^'d  othecwifc.  He  wears  Red, 
and  alongi^iwr^  openly  to  Ihew 
his  Valour  and  MiH  priv,ately  tq 
fljew  his  Diferftion.  Bfi  threaten^ 
tcaibly,  but  he  ift  hlw  a  Wi^li,  if 
you  draw  Blood  of  hii^..  h^  h^  "P 
power  to  hun:  you.  No  Mwihews, 
or  boafts  mop^  of  his  Scars,  with 
tefe  Rcafon.  He  fcptns  tQ  cake  ^ 
blow  io  the  FafP..  9nd  a  Back-picce 
is  as  good  IQ  him  a^  a  whole  fuit 
of  AwTJour.  .  He  is  ax  firfl;  the  Ter- 
rour  of  all  the  Toung  Bt^'m^  a? 
laft  theitMay-<gamc,attd  iliey  blood 
their  Qnh  Htcivrs  ttp«n  ,him,  as 
riiey  do  young  Beagles  on^^ff^e. 
Good  ufage  miakes  him  iofolent, 
but  be  fiiMlils  like  a  Sfapki  tnoik 

upon 


of  a  Sc'tt- 
rtr. 


tipon  thofe  that  beat  hini.  Wheii 
he  is  diftpver'd  by  ill  the  reft  of  the 
World,  the  Cheat  fiafles  ftill  upoii 
himfelf,  and  he  is  pleas'd  with  thd 
terrible  Figure  he  makes  in  his 
Glafs,  the'  he  is  ready  to  fliatke  at 
his  own  Sliadidow,        >v 

Tliere  ix't  men  of  an  l»uA)dOr  dt- 
i-edly  oppofite  to  this,  yet  e^ry  whit 
as  Mad,  Fdoiiflij  and  Viirt;  theft 
are  ybttp  MeA  of  ftice  Honour, 
that  love  Fighting  for  the  fake  of 
Blows,  and  are  never  Weil  but  when 
they  are  wounded.  Tl»y  are  fevcre 
Interpreters  i&f  L66ks,  4^i  affronted 
at  every  fade' that  don't 'plcafe 'cm; 
end.  liktf^^rHe  Cocks  «f«he  Game 
hive  a  ^ti^rrcl  t6  ail  Mahkiu'dac 
firft  fight.  ■  They  are  '  palfionate 
Admirers '«fifcan?'d  Face$, 'and  dotb 
on  a  Wbofden  Leg.  They  receive 
a  Challenge  like  a  Bifitet  Douxi 
and  a  home  thruft  ^s^  a  Favour. 
Their  common  Adverlary  is  the 
Conftable,'  and  their  ufual  Lodging 
the  Counter.  Broken  lT%ad|lare  a 
diverfion,  and  an  Arm  in  a  Scarfe 
i«  athigh  fatisfit(5tion.  They  ate  iru-' 


1^51 
gal  in  their  expences  with  the  Tiy- 
Jor,  fdr  they  have  their  Doublets 
pinkt  oh   their  Backs,   h\it  they 
are  as  good-  a^  an    Annuity  to 
the  Surgton,  thb*  they  need  hira 
not  to  let  'em  blood.    FlanAers  \i 
then:  Miftrds,  and  ai   Clap  froni 
hdr  carries  'em  off  the  Stige.    If 
they  return,   in  Hofpital  is  their 
Retreat,   or  the  Sheriff  t\-\&\t  Ex- 
ecutor.    Thefe  tW6,    Madam,  are 
very  differertt  ejttravaganecs,   and 
very  ftringe  ones',    yec  they   are 
real,    if  rid   fuch   as   appear   every 
day.  But,  what  is  moll  to  be  won- 
der'd  at,  arife  both  from  the  famtf 
Principle,  and   die  fame  miftaken' 
Notion,  andaredrtly  differenc'dby 
the  dfvetfi'ty  6f  Tewipers  rn  Men.' 
The   common  Motive  to  bbrh   is 
Vanity,  and  they  jointly  comcarr 
in  this  Opinion,  that  Vaflour  is  the 
mbft  eftimable,  and  moft  hohourable 
Qiliality.thal  Man  is  capable  of;  thty  ^^ 
agree  in  a  ddtreto  be  Jionbur'd  and 
fear'd.but  they  differ  in  their  method* 
in  ptrfiirng  this  common  End.    The 
cfne  is  naturally  Iwaive,  bold  and' 
daring;    and    therefore   takes  the 
tree  courfe  to  arrive  at  it  by  fliew- 
F  ing^ 


tHicih 


■a 


ing  what;  1?^  wn  «fe),  ^;  \vlp4JC  fee 
^are  fuffcr,  an4  hia  i)nippd|Cratc  de- 
fire  an^i;  incUj^reijoi),  iiijfrei;  him  «;q 
l^ow  m.  l?oun^s.  Th?  otjier  i* 
i^^an  fpipted  aqd  fearfiiU  and,ff:^Hs!! 
^fy  falle  Fire  t;^  Counterfeit  a  heafi 
!^hatIn^y,  pafe  forgenuiijff  i;o  cpp- 
c^al  th?  Vrpft  ip,  Ms.  B|opd»  and| 
like  an  ill  A,€iot,  oY?r-dp?s  his  l^art 
for  waoi;  pf  undei;ftan4ing,  it,  whic^ 
'ti«  impoflible  he  Apu'd-  Among, 
peaceable  Men,  and  tbojfe  of  hi* 
pwn  Temper  he  comes  off  wijh  Go-^ 
k)urs  flying,  and  thpfe  are  the  M/:fli 
he  wGu'd,  be  valian?  amongft;  oniy* 
cou'd  he  read  Men's  hearts.  ^Mlithe 
firft  Flerjcouna^r  betrays  the  Afs 
through  the  Lion  s  Skiff,  and  he  i$ 
Cudgel'd  Uke  an  Afs  in  j^ite  of  his 
Covitring*  It  is  our  haij>pinefs,  Mn' 
dam,  that  w«  lie  under,  no  manner  of 
Temptationr  from  tljefc  two  Vani- 
ties, whereof  oDe  is  &  dangerous, 
th^e  other  fo  ridiculous.  For  all 
humours  that  are  forc'd,  againft.  the 
aacuraji  bent  ef  our  Tempers  muil  be 
fo.  Nature  is  our  beft.guidc,  and, 
has  fitccd  cv'ry  Man  for  lomcihinigs . 
more  partial  larly  than  others;  v^hidi 

.    .       ;  if- 


If  tbey  had)  the  fenfe  cb  profecute; 
they  wou'd  at  )saSi  not  be  ridicu- 
Iqus,  if  th£y  were  not  extaordi- 
ijary.  Biit  fo  pirevalent  are  our. 
Vanity,  and  this  Apifh  Humour  of 
Imitation,  that  Ave  perliiade  our 
felv«s,  that  we  may  pcaCtele.  with 
apph^fe,  wliitevir  we  fee  another 
iucceed  nii  tho'  a!s  contrary  to  the 
intent  tf our  Jfature,  asDancing to 
4a  Elephant;  iblbme  Men  that  talk 
Well;  of  ictiouS  matters,  arc  lb 
mbv'd  at  tlfc  applaule  fome  merry 
Drolls  gain,  that  tliey  forget  their 
gravity, andaimingf  toibic  Wit*,  turn 
BuiTcOhs;  There  are  others,  that 
are  fo  taken  witili  the  ad^ioiis  and 
etimace  of  algood  Mimfck,  that 
they  fall  pi-elently  to  ixaikwx^  aw- 
kard  Facci*  and^  wry  Mouths,  and 
are  all  tliei^  lives  after  in  a  Vizorv 
Maskt  tho' bare  fac'd.vil    .?.. 

.;    ,•   if:., 

■  ^Thefc,  ind  innumerable  others 
tf  dVe  like  Nature,  are  the  Icfl'cc 
FoUies  of  Mankind  ,  by,  which 
thei't  Vanity  makes  'em  fit  only 
Id  be  laugh'd  at.  Thbte  arc  o- 
flw^,'  who  by  more  iludied   ?'ncf 


[68] 

rcfin'd  Follies  arrive  to  be  mofe 

confidcrable,    and    make  a  great 

Figure    and    Party    among  their 

Sex.  ,     '         '  •*.■•■' 


chtrsihr  Oi  thcf  firft  rank  of  thefe  is  the 
tf »  Bum.  Beau,  who  is  one  that  has  more 
Leartung  in  his  Hceb  than  his 
Head ,  which  is  better  cover'd 
than  fiil'd.  fiis  Taylor  and  his 
Barber  are  his  Cabmct  Conn- 
eel,  to  whom  he  is  more  behold- 
ing for  wiifiat  he  is,  than  to  his 
Maker.  »b  is  One  that  has  tra- 
vell'd  to  fee  FafhioBS,  and  brought 
over  with  liim  the  ncwell  cut  fuit, 
and  the  prctticft  Fancy'd  Ribbands 
for  Sword  Knots.  His  bett  Ac- 
quainunce  at  Paris  was  his  Pan- 
dng  Matter ,whom  hff  calls  the  Mar- 
fuis,  and  his  chief  Vifits  to  the 
Opera's.  He  has  feen  the  Fre/tch 
King  once,  and  knows  the  name 
©f  his  chief  Minifter,  and  is'  by' 
this  fuificientiy  coiYvinc'd  that  there 
are  no  Politicians  in  any  other  Part 
©f  the  World.  His  improvements 
ajc  a  nice  Skill  in  tlie  Mode,  aid  » 
>jj;h  Contempt  of  his  own  Coun^ 

try 


[(5P] 
try,  and  of  Senfe.    All  the  know-  j 
l«dge  he  has  of  the  Country,  or 
Manners  of  it,  is  in  the  keeping  of 
the  Valet  that  follow'd  him  hither,  j 
and  all  that  he  retains  of  the  Lan- 
guage is  a  few  modilh  words  to  lard 
his   difcourfc  with,  and  (hew  his 
Breeding,   and  the   names  of  his 
Garniture.     He  Itiou'd  be  a  Philofo- 
pher,   for  he  ftudies  nothing  but 
iiimfelf,  yet  ev'ry  one  knows  him 
better,  that  thinks  him  not  worth 
knowing.    His  looks  and  geftures 
are  his   eonftant  LelTon,  and   his 
Glafs  is  the  Oracle  that  refolves 
all  his  mighty  doubts  and  fcruplcs. 
He  examines  and  refrelhes  his  Com- 
plexion by  it,  and  is  more  dejedled 
at  a  Pimple,  than  if  it  were  a  Can-    - 
cer.  fWhen  his  Eyes  arc  fct  to  a 
languifliing   Air,   his  Motions  all 
prcpar'd  according  to  Ai;t,  his  Wig 
and  his  Coat  abundantly  Powdcc'd, 
his  Gloves  Eflcne'd,  and  his  Hand- 
kercher  perfum'd,  and  all  the  reft  of  ' 
his  Bravery  rightly   adjufted,  the 
greateft  part  of  the  day,  as  well 
the  bufmels  of  it  at  home,  is  over; 
'tis  time  to  launch,  and  down  he 
F  3  .    comes 


'[70] 
comes,    fcentcd  like  a   Perfumerj 
'  Shop,  and  look?  like  3  Vcflel  witii 
all  her  rigging  under  fail  withodc 
Ballad.    A  Chair  is  brought  wichr 
in  the  door,    for  he    apprehends 
'  (cvery  Breath  of  Ajr  as  much,  as  if 
it  were  a  Hurricane.    Jiis  firft  Vir 
fit  is  to  the  Chocolate  Houfe,  and 
after  a  quarter  of  an  Hours  Com- 
pliment to  himf'elf  in  the  great  Glafs, 
he  faces  about  and  falutes  the  Com- 
pany, and  puts  in  pradljcc  his  Morn- 
ings Meditations;    When  he  fias 
piadc  his  Cringes  rpund,  ^nd  piay'ci 
pvcr  all  his  Tricks,  put  comes  the 
UncSnu/h  Box,  and  his  Noje  i§  Re- 
|;ard  a  while  : :  After  this  he  begins 
p  open,  and  darts  fome  learned 
Argument^   about  the  neweft  Fa- 
fliion,  and  hence  takes  occafion  to 
fommcnd  the  next  M^n's  Fancy  in 
Jiis  Cloths,    tliis  ulhers  jn  %  difr 
cdurfe  of  the  Appearance  hA  ^irth 
t^ight,  or  Ball  at  Court,  and  ^o  ^ 
(Critic'k  upon   tliis  Lord,  or    that 
Ladies    Mafqu;n^    Habit.     From 
hence  he  adjourns  tp  the  Play-houfe, 
V'here  he  is  to  te  met  again  jn  the 
fide  Box,  Iroip  whence  he  makes 
' '  '  -    '  his 


T7'l 
his  Court  to  all  the  Ladies  Jn  ge- 
neral with  his  Eyes,  and  is  parti- 
cular only  with  the  Oi^atige-m>tcL 
After  awhile  hedngagesfome  neigh- 
bouring Vizor,  and  togetiier  they 
run  over  all  the  Boiccs,  rake  to 
pieces  every  Face,  examine  every 
Feature,  paft  tlieir  Cenfurc  upon 
every  <)ne,  and  fo  on  t6  their  Drcft ; 
here  he  very  Judicioudy  gives  his 
opiniort  upon  every  particular,  and 
determines  whoCe  Colours  Ire  well 
choftn,  whofe  Faiicy  isneateft,  Snd 
whofe  Cloths  fit  with  moft  Air  j 
but  in  conclufion  fees  no  Body  com; 
pleat,  but    himfclf   in  the   whol? 
Houlc.    After  this  he  boks  dowii 
with  contempt  uport  the  Piti  and 
rillieS    all   the   llovenly  Fellows, 
and  awkard  Beiu  S  (  as  he  calls 
them  )    of    t'other  End    of    the 
Town,  is  mightily  offciidcd  at  their 
ill  ll-ented  Snufh,  dnd  in  Ipight  of  all 
his  Pulvilio  and  EU'ences,  is  (ivercomc 
with  the  ftit\k  of  their  Cordovant 
Cloves.     To  clofc  all,  Mada*"' »"  ^ 
Mask  muft  give  hirn  an  account  Ot 
the  Scandal  of  tlic  Town.  Which 
Ihe  docs  in  the  HiftorV  of  ahan- 
dancc  of  hicrigucs.rcal  orfdgn  d ;  at 
F  ^  ^^i 


[7J] 
all  which  he  laughs  aloud  and  ofrco, 
not  to  ihew  his  fitisfiAion,  but  hi? 
Teeth.    Shp    flicws   him   who    i$ 
kept  by  fufh  a  Lord,  Who  was 
Jiately  difcardcd  by  fuch  a  Knight, 
for  granting  Favour  too  indifcreet- 
ly  to  lUch  a  Gentlemen  :  who  has 
Jately  been  in  the  Country  for  two 
pr  three  Months  uppn  extraordinary 
Occafions,    To  all  which  he  give? 
gieat  attention,  that  he  may  pafs  for 
a    Man   pf    Intelligence  in    anor 
thcr    Place.    His    next   Stage    is 
Locket's,  where  his  Vanjty,  not  his 
Stomach,    is  to  be  gratified  with 
fomcthing  that  is  Intle  and  dear. 
Quails  and  Ortalan<;  are  the  meanef^ 
pf  his  Djet,  and  a  Spoonful  oi  Green 
Pea/e  at   Chriflmafs,  are   worth   tq 
|iim  more  than  thp  inheritance  pf 
the /■«/</ vvhcre  they  grow  m  Sum- 
mer,   pyery  thing  fafis  in  his  E- 
fteem,  ^  it  fall  in  price,  and    h% 
wou'd  not  fo  much   as    tall  th? 
Wine,  if  the  hard  name,  and   th« 
high  rate   did  npi;  give  it  a  relilh. 
After  a  glafs,  pr  two,  (  for  4  Pin?: 
\&  his  flint )  he  begins   to  t^lk  of 
his  Intrigues,  boafts  much  of  the 
f  gV9urs  he  has  received,  and  ihews  ^ 
1  countc;^:- 


[73] 

counterfeit  Tokens,  and  in  Con, 
dufion,  flanders  fome  Lady  or  otlicr 
pf  unqucftion'd  Vertue  with  a  par- 
ticular   fondnefs    for    him.     His 
Amours  are  all  profound  Secrets, 
yet  be  makes  a  Confidence  of  'em 
to  every  Man  he  meets  with.    He 
pretends  a  great  reverence  for  the 
Ladies,  and  a  mighty  tendernd's 
pf   their  Reputations;  yet   he   is 
hke  a  Fkjh  Hye,  whatever  he  blows 
on  is  tainted.    He  talks  of  nothing 
under  Quality,  tho'  he  never  ob? 
tain'd  a   Favour   which  his    Man 
might  not  haye  for  half  a  Crown. 
He  and  his  Footman  in  this  Cafe  are 
like  Englijh  and  Dutch  at  an  Or- 
dinary in  Holland,  the  Fare  is  the 
fame,  but  the  Price  is  vaftly  differ- 
ent.   Thus  thc-Show  goes  forward, 
till  he  is  beaten  for  TrcfpalTcs  he 
was  never  guilty  of,  and  Ihall  I>e; 
daran'd  fo?  Sins   he  never  Com- 
mitted.   At  laft,  with  his  Credit  as 
low  as  his  Fortune  he  retires  ful- 
Icnly  to  his   Cloifter,   the  Ktng^- 
Pencl.',  or  Fleet,  and  partes  the  reft 
pf  his  days  in  Privacy,  and  Con- 
templation.   Here,  Aj[aim,  if  you 
•    '  jplcale 


[  74  ] 
pleafe  wce'I  give  him  one  Vifit 
more,  and  fee  the  laft  An  of  the 
Farce  ;  and  you  fliall  find  him 
(  whofc  Sobfiety  was  before  a  l^ice, 
as  being  only  the  Pimp  to  his 
otlier  Pleafures,  and  who  fear'd  a 
lighted  Pife  as  much  as  if  it  had 
been  a  great  Gun  leVcU'd  at  him  ) 
with  his  Noje  Flaming,  and  his 
Breath  ftinking  of  Spirits  Worfc 
than  a  Dutch  Tarpawlini,  and  fmok- 
ing  out  of  a  fliort  F//>e,that  for-  fomc 
Months  has  been  kept  hot  as  conr 
ilantly  as  a  Glafs-Houfe,  and  fo  I 
leave  him  to  his  Meditation. 

You  wou'd  think  it  yet  more 
ilrangc,  that  any  one  mould  be 
Slovenly  and  Nafly  out  of  yanity  ; 
yet  fuch  there  are  I  can  alTure  you, 
AUiJam,  and  cou'd  eafily  give  a  dc- 
.fcription  of  'em,  but  that  fo  foul 
a  Relation  muft  needs  be  Naufeous 
to  a  Perfon  fo  Neat  as  your  Selfi 
and  wpu'd  be  treating  Yoii  as  the 
Country  Squire  did  his  Court  FrienJ, 
who  when  he  had  Ihcw'd  him  all 
the  Curiofitics  of  his  Houfe  and 
Gardens,  c£|rri?d  1^  iqcp  hi»  Hog» 


t  75  3 
^68.    Btit  there  are  morctlian  es'l 
now  to  juftifie  what  I  have  faid  of 
the  Humour  of  Diogenes,  who  wa^ 
as  v^in  and  as  proud  in  his  Tub^ 
as  Plato  cou'd  be  in  the  fpidfl:  of 
his  fine  Perfian  Carpets,   aftd  rich. 
Furniture.    Vanity  is  only  an  Am- 
bition  of  being  taken  notice  of, 
which  fhews  it  felf  varioufly  accotr 
ding  to  the  humour  of  ohc  Pcrfbris; 
Which  was  more  extravagant  in  the 
Anti-Beau,  than  in  the  Beau  Philor 
fipher.     Vanity  is  the  vericft  Pror 
teuf  in  the  World,  it  pan  Ape  Hur 
mility,  and  can  rfiake  Men  dcciy 
themielves  on  purpofe  to  be  f  latr 
ter'd;  like  fome  canning  Preachers 
that  cry  up  Mortification  and   Self- 
denidl  perpetually,  and  ^re  pampcr'd 
all  the  while  by  the  Zeal,   and  at 
the  Charges    of  their   Follovvers. 
\yiio   are  affraid   the    good    Mai^ 
fliou'd    ftarvc   himfelf.    It  is  the 
Blefling  of  Fqols,  and  the  Folly  of 
Ingenious  Men.    For  it  makes  thole 
contentedly  hugg  themfelves  under 
;|11  tl^c  fcorn  of  the  World,  and  the 
Indignities  that  arc  oflcr'd  'em,  and 
thel'e  reftlcfs  qnd  di(jaa^ficd  with 


us 


Vsnity  4 


[7«] 
its  applaufe.  Both  think  the  World 
envious,  and  that  their  merit  is 
injur'd,  and  it  is  impoflible  to 
right  either  of  'em  to  their  Minds  ; 
fot  thofe  have  no  title  to  the  prc» 
tencc  of  merit,  and  thefe  not  fo 
much  as  they  think  they  have. 
Yet  it  is  tlic  Happinefs  qf  the  firft 
that  they  can  think  themfelves  ca- 
pable of  moving  Envy ;  for  though 
they  commonly  miflake  the  Deri- 
fion  of  Mci^,  for  their  applaufe,  yet 
Men  arc  fometimes  fo  ill  Natur'd 
as  to  undeceive  'em,  and  tlien  it  is 
their  Comfort,  that  thcfe  are  en- 
vious Men,  and  mifreprefent  the 
Worlds  opinion  of  'em.  Cou'd 
thefe  Men  be  convinc'd  of  their 
mijilake,  I  fee  nothing  that  Ihou'd 
hinder  them  from  being  defperate, 
and  hanging  or  difpofmg  of  them-, 
fclves  fome  other  fuch  way.  For 
though  a  Man  may  comfort  him- 
felf  under  Afflidions,  it  is  either  that 
tlicyareundeferved,  or  if  deferved , 
that  he  fuffcrs  only  for  Overfights, 
or  ra(h  Ads,  by  which  the  wifeft 
Men  may  be  fometimes  overtaken ; 
tha^hc  is  in  the  m^in  Difcrpet  and 
'         '  Prui 


[77] 
Pfudent,  and  that  other*  believe 
him  fo.    But  when  a  Man  fails  un- 
der  his  own  Contempf,   and  doe* 
not  only  think   himfelf  not  wife* 
but  by  Nature  made  abfolutely  in* 
capable  of  ever  becoming  iVife,  her 
is  in  a  deplorable  Staiet  and  wants 
the  common  Comfort ,  9*  well   of 
Fools,  isWifeMen,  Vanity;  which 
in  fuch  a  Cafe  is  the  only  proper 
Mediatour  of  a  Reconcilement,    No.  | 
Quality  feems  to  be  more  Provi-' 
dentially  diftributed  to  every  Man 
acccording  to  his   Nectffity  ;    for 
thofe  that  havcleaft  Wit,  ought  ta 
have  the  greatcft  Opinion  of  it; 
as  all  other  Commodities  are  rated 
higheft,  where  they  are  tcatccft. 
By  this  means  the  level  is  better 
mainiain'd  amongft  Men,    whiT, 
were  this  imagiWay  Equathty  de- 
ftroy'd,  might  be  apt  to  reverence, 
and  idolizcf  one  anotlier  too  much, 
and  forgetting  the  common  Fate, 
they  are  alt  Bom  to,  pay  Honours 
too  near  divine   to    tl^ir  Fellow 
Mortals.     But  as   the  humour  of 
the  World   now  runs,  this  fort  of 
Uoltary  is  fcarce  likely  to  come  in- 
-^  to 


ib  taikion.  We  Have,  too  grj^t  id 
Opinion  of  out  lelvesf,  to  bdittvc 
BOO  Weil  of  any  oofir  elfe..  abd 
wc  are  itf  nothing  moce  di/ficuk 
titan  in  pbims  ofi  Wit  and  lJndBr« 
ftanding.  iijeichetof  which  we  yc*^ 
fy  unwillingly  yield' tlie  Preference 
to  any  Man.  Theic  is  itothing  ofi 
wlucU  we  afibdV  to  fi>eak  with  nioca 
liumilif y-  and  indifieronoe  than  <i!ufi 
6wn  Senfc,  yet  nothing  of  whick 
Arc  thihlf  widli  ladtc  Ramadicy,  and* 
¥reS(irt)i^on.  Thccc  have  bcea 
fome  fyboid  as  to  aHUmc  the  Title 
df- thc.^wc/Af  oB  ReaJoH.  to  ibera.* 
felves,>  and<tli|3if  own-Wirings;  .and 
wc  meeo  #itli  iMhers.  daily,  that 
tliinfe  tkcmfolvcff  OmcIcs.  of'  Wjt^ 
Thcte  ate-  the  moft  Vexatious:  A-^ 
nimals  in  t^e  World,  that  ohin(t> 
»hcy  have  ;a  Privilodge  to  tornient 
and  plague  every^  Bbdy  \  but  tholci 
m(:^,  wh<v  hs(V«  «he  be(b  Reputaci«: 
on  for  thoir  Wit  OT  Judgtnent;  a* 
fVe'iif  arcfaid  to  moleil  i^ofe  mpfty 
who  have  the  ttndct«^  Skins,  and 
the  fweetcft  BlooJt 

Of  thefe  the  moil  vohiminousFo<:>l 
rs  tlio  Fop  Po«,  who^  is  one  that 

has 


hasalvWixsmpwWij;  in  his  Po<kets  ci-M^;;;^ 
than  any  wher^  eUe,  yet  feldoni  0Fj-,r. 
never,  any  of  his  Q>^n  tli^te.    £/e/s 
Z)<iu>  was  a  T^/i^  of  him ;  For  he 
makes  himlelf  fine  with,  the  Plunder 
of  all  PMtiea.    Ho  is  a  Smuggler 
of  Wit,  and  iM?  French  fancies 
txidiQut    paying    the    cuftomary 
Duties.    Yerfe'is  hi&iV^»«/'»<?«'-f; 
lot  it  is  mote  «lie  labour  of  lus 
Finger  than  bis.  fecait).    He  fpends 
much  time  in  Wtiting,   but  ten 
times  mocc  in.  Reading,  what  he  has 
Written.    He  is  loadflft  conftaowy 
with  more  Papers,  and  duller  tlian 
a  clerk    in  Lhmer^,    «nd   iRcnds 
more  time  in  H<aungs,   and  Re- 
fiearin^.    He  asjcs  your,  Opimon, 
yet  for,  fear  YOU  lUou'd  not  jump 
with  him,  teUs  you  hiss  owii  firft. 
Hftdefires  no  Favour,  yet  is  difepf 
pointed,  if  he  be  not,  Elj^tecd,  and 
is  offeiaded  always  at  die  Truth. 
His  fitil  Education,  is.  generally  a 
Shop,  or  a  'Co^Hthg'fHe,  where  his 
acquaintance  commences'. with  the 
Rellman  upon  a  New  Years- day. 
Be  puts  him  upon  Intriguing  WJtlv 
thfi  Mitiei,   and  protiufts.  to.  P^'vp. 

for 


for  hini.  Froni  this  time  forward 
he  hates  tlic  name  of  Mtchanick, 
and  refolves  to  (ell  all  his  (lock,  and 
J>urchafe  S  Plantation  in  Varnaffus. 
He  is  now  a  Poecicail  Harherdajher 
of  Small  Wares,  and  deals  Tcry 
tnuch  in  Novels;  Madrigals i  Ria* 
dies,  Funeral  dnd  Love  Odes;  and 
Elegies,  and  othcf  Toycs  from  He- 
licon, which  he  has  a  Shop  fo  vrcU 
furnilh'd  With,  that  he  can  fit  you 
Vi^ith  all  fotts  and  Sizes  upon  all 
Occasions  in  the  twinkHng  of  an 
Eye.  He  frequents  /ifoUo%  Ex- 
thange  iiiCoveiit-Garden,  and  picks 
tjp  the  freftieft  Intelligence  what 
y/ays  arc  upon  the  Stocks,  or  rea- 
dy CO  be  launch'd  ;  who  have  lately 
made  a  good  Voyage,,  who  a  faving 
One  only,'  and  who  have  faffer'd  a 
Wteck  in'  Lincoln's-Inn-Feilds,  oi 
Drury-Lane,  and  which  arc  brought 
into  the  Dock  co  be  Careen'd  and 
fitted  for  another  Voyage.  He 
talks  tmch.  of  Jack  Dry  den,  and  fVi//. 
uydierley,  and  the  reft  of  that  Set, 
and  protefts  he  can't  help  having 
fome  refped  for  'em,  becaufe  cliey 
have  fo  much  for  him,   and  his 

Writings; 


Writings ;  othcrwilc  he  cou'd  IheW; 
'em  to  TC  mc«ir  Sots  and  Blockheads 
that  unde/ftatnd  little  of  Po'cccy,  iii 
compa'riforf.of  hifnfelf ;  but  h6  fot- 
hds%  'em  rteefly  dut  of  Grarifude^ 
and  Compaffioh.    Once  i  Montli 
he  fits  out  a  fmill  Poetical  Smeck 
at  the  char^    of  Ifis  Eiooklellcr; 
which  he  ladc^^th  French  Fhmder, 
flew  Vzm^m  Ertglijh-  fma"&  'V'en- 
<ures  of  TrmJIated,  Od^s ,    Ekgtes^ 
ind  ^//grtfwj  of  Yoking-  Traders,' 
andbklMls  \x\A\\\ciyi  ?roje  of  his. 
Own  ;  fof  uhfclV  returns  arc  t6  Sc 
ihade  to  the  ftveiral  Owners  in  To-, 
fterff,  or  applavift  frorfi  tfie   Prehti- 
ees  and*  T>  r^  Women  thar  deal  for 
'em'.    He  is  the  Oracle  of  tihoic  that' 
Vl'ant  Wit, '  ijfnd  the  Pla^i<i:  of  thofc! 
fliat  have  it;  for   he    haunts  their, 
Lodgings,  and  is  more  texritlc  to 
'cm,  than  their  Dyns.    ^i's  Pocket 
is   an  uhcxhauftihlc'  Vd^iXnt  of 
Khtme-    and     t^pnjenfe ,     ind    his' 
Tongue  like  a  ^cpearingC16pk  withj 
Ghiin'es,  ii  rca'dy  uvVon  every  toiicli 
t6  found  to'  'em.  Mcri'  avoid  Him' 
ftr  flie  fitmc  AeaAoh,'  tliey  avoid 
<he"  Pillory,  the'  k6xticf  of  TlKir. 
^  Earff 


nivtt 


£ars  i  of  which  he  is  as  mercilffs  ?l 
l^rofccutoV.  He  is  the  Barw  of  So* 
ciety,  a  tiknd  to  the  Stationers* 
the  Plague  of  the  Prcfe,  and, the 
Ruine  of ,  liis  Boojcfeller.  He  is 
inoxG  jproii  table  to  ,tlic  Grocers  fn4 
Tabaccoftijis,  than  tliC  Paper  Manufa* 
liure  ;  for  hiS'  Works,  which  talk 
fo  much  of  Fitc  and  Fl^me,  cem- 
monly  expire  in  their  Shops  in  /^tfi 
four  and  Smoak.  If  he  afpire  to 
Comedy,  he  intrigues  with  fome  ex- 
pericnc'd  Damfel  of  thzTown,  in  or- 
der to  inftrudi  himfelf  in  the  hu- 
mour of  it,  and  is  cullied  by  her, 
into  Matrimony,  and  To  is  furnifti'd 
at  once  with  a  Plot,  and  two  good 
CharadcTS,  himfelf  and  his  Wife, 
and  is  paid  with  a  Portion  for  a 
Jointure  in  ^arnajfus,  which  I  leave 
him  CO  make  his  bed  of. 

■yir.      I  lliall  not  trouble  you  With  any 
■J''-    more  Inllances  of  the  foolilh  vani- 
ties of  Mai>kind ;  becaufc  1  am  af- 
fraid  I  have  been  too  l^rgc  upon; 
that  Head  already.    Not    that  i, 
think  there  is  any  Order  or  Degree; 
dt  Men,,  which  wou;"^l  not  alfortl^/ 
,  ■  ._;  many 


jfiliihy  &nd',  notorious  inpances  for 
vik  Purpdfc.  For  as  I  tni^  f^anity 
4hijio^  the  llniyerlalmoyer,  of  aU 
iiHt  AiHtiOhi,  tvii^thq:  go(^,d  or  bad^ 
fb  1  think  fhcrd  are  fcafce  any  Man 
fo  Tngenious,  or.fo  yertuoijis,  but 
fomtthing  of  it  will  lhihctIirot|ghthe 
^keft  Pifrt  (if  'what  they,  do,  let 
rtieni  caft  heyer  fo  diicj^  a  Vail 
iivtiit.  Whatimakes  Mc^tp  iojici; 
ttivls' 6(  lejlvihga  Reij^tation  be? 
litM  'cm  ih  ;.thc",  World".  '  Uiough 
they  know  ttiey  can't  be  affiled 
with  it  after  Pcath,  but  this  e\'c^i 
t& 'i( 'degree  ,  of  Folly  >  What  cllq 
makes  great  Men  inyolvcthcnifelves 
m 'die  Fajcigucs  and  hazard's  of 
War,  and  iniricate  Intrigues  of 
State,  vyhen  they  hive  already 
more  tlian  they  can  enjoy,  but  an 
Itch  of  being  talk'd  of  and  rcmem-j 
bred,  to  which  they  facrifice  thcicj 
prcicnt  happinets  and  f  cpoie .' 

B\jt  i  IhiU  carry  thcfe  Cdntidc- 
rations  no  farther;  becaufe  1  have 
already  fmgled  out  fome  of  thol?!, 
matjy,  whole ^<7»//^y  is  more  extra- 
vagant and  ridiculous,  than  any  our 
O'x  ,    S<f«j 


/*  <trti' 


I 


ik4 

Sex  is  chargcabte  with,  thcfc  fliglic 
Touches  may  fervc^o  let  'em  fee. 
that  eveW  the  greatcft,  and  WiTeft 
Are  not  vfrlfjolely  exempt,  Jft%X 
have  it  not  in  a  higher  Degree, 
tho*  they  excrcile  "it  ,  in ,  t^Jogs 
more  Popular,  4nd  Plaufible.  I 
hope  thercfoi'e  the  burthen  of  this 
jood  Qjiifity  will  not  hereafter  ly^ 
iaid  ui^ofl  us'  alone,  Ui*  the  Men 
will  be  contented  to  divide  theLoa^ 
with  us,  and  be  thankful  that  they 
bear  Icfs  tiiah  their"  Proportion.  , .  , 

fm^er thence   comeb  iVcict  under 

Cohfi'deration,  in  whi<;l)T  fhall  bo  as 

brief,  as  I  conveniently   can,   iin- 

regatd  I   have  been  fo  long  upon 

the  preceding  Head.    Impertinence 

is  a  humour  of  bufying  our  felves 

dhout    tilings  trivial,   arid  of /no 

Moment  in  themlclvcs,  or*  Onfca* 

foiiaijlyin  things  of  no  conccrri  to 

US,  or  whcfi-ein  we  are  able  to  do- 

nothing  to  any  Purpolc.,  Here  wir 

Adverlarics   inlUlt  (ivtfr.  hs,  as  if 

theyliad  gain'd  an'  iritirc  I'niory, 

ancl  tlic  I'iciri  were   indirinitabk ; 

b.it  they  'fliall  HaVe  no  caiilc  foe 

•  Triumph, 


fr'iHwph,  tl)t}s   is  no  Poft   of  fuch 
mighty   adva4itage  as  thpy  fondly 
perfuade  themCelves,  This  Prejumpr 
tioH  arifes  from  an  Erroneous  Con* 
jceit,  diap  all  thofc  things  in  which 
they  are  liitic  conccrn'd,  or  con- 
fultcd,  are  trifBcs  below  their  care  c««.«i».> 
or  notice,  whicl>  incjccfl  they  ar?'W-/t-»- 
not  by  Nature  i"o  well  able  to  m^f 
nage.    T}>"S,    when  ^hcy  hear  u$ 
faiking  toTand  advifing  one  anothpt 
about  the  OrH^  Djftribution  and 
Contrivance  of  l/pujhold  Apirs , 
abput  the  Re^uhn'iM  of  the  Family ^ 
jin4  Cover»ment  of  Children  and  Ser.- 
vattts,  the  provident  management  of 
^  kiictiiH,  and  the  decent  ordering 
pf  a  Table,  the  fuit^blp    Matching 
aiid  convenient  dilpofipon  pf  FarHir 
'turc,  and  the  like,  they '  prcfently 
cQ!)4emn  us  for  impertinence.    Yet 
they  may'  be  plealed  to  fonfider, 
that  as  the  affair^  pf  the  \Vorld  are 
now  divided  bctwUt  us,  the  Dome- 
Jiick  are  our  fliare,  and  out  of  which 
we  are  rarely  fufler'd  to<^nterpofc 
out  Senfp.    They  may  be  ple^rcJ 
po  confidcr  likcwife,  that  as  |ight 
»iid  inconfidcr'able  as  ijliclc  ihmg^ 


I 


fceni,  they  are  capabJc  ofijo  Pica- 
fur^s  df  Sfcnfe  higher,  or  more  rei 
tin  d  than  others  of  Brures  without 
our  care  of -em.    For  were  it  not 
For  that,    their  Houfes  wou'd  be 
nicer  Be^/ams,  their  moft  Jdxurious 
Treats,  but  a  rude  confufion  of  ill 
Digeftcd    ill  mixt  Scents  and  Rcli^ 
ihcs.  and  the  fine  Furniture,  thev 
beflowfo  much  coft  on,  but  an  ex- 
pcnfivc  heap  of  glittering  BuSm. 
Thus  they  are  beholding  to  us  for 
the  comfortable  Enjovment  of  what 
tlKir  labour,  or  good  Fortpne  hatfi 
acquird.or    bc^ow'd,  and   think 
meanly  of  our  care  only,  bccaofc 
they  underfland  not  the  value  of  it 
But  ,f  we  fhall  be  thought  imperti-' 
nent  for  D,fcourfes  of  t1,is  NatMre, 
as     deny  not  but  we  fomctifcs 

fS'"^^','''''^"  ^'>ey  arc  unlea- 
lortable  i  what  ceftfurc  muft  thofc 
Men  bear,    who   arc   perpetually 

and  Gne-vaf.ces  to  us,  in  which  per- 

oJce^n'^'^'^'T^^^^^"-^^ 

to  pronofc,  much  ids  to  apply  a„y 

pniccly  CO  cm  .^  Surclv  tVelb  arc 
.     ,;       '  '  /       irnpcrtiilfciit 


impertinent ;  not  to  call  the  Beaii^ 
or  Poetjjler  on  the  Stage  again, 
whofe  whole  Lives  are  one  contir 
nued  fcene  of  Folly  and  Imperti- 
nence ;  let  us  make  the  bcil  of  our 
News-Monger. 

He  is  one  whole  Prains  having  i:h.ir»ner 
been  once  overheated,  retain  Come-  'l,',f,f,l^. 
thing  of  the  Fire  in  'em  ever  after.  fuiVw. 
He  miftakes  his  Paflion  for  Zeal, 
and  his  Noiic  and  Buftling.  for 
Services.  He  is  always  full  of 
Doubts,  Fears  and  Jcaloudes,  and 
is  never  without  fome  notable  Dif- 
covcry  of  a  deep  laid  Defign,  or  a 
dangcroiis  Plot  found  out  in  a  Meal 
Tub,  or  Pettkoaf,  He  i&  a  miglity 
Liftncr  after  Prodigies,  and  never 
hears  of  a  Whak,  or  a  Ccmef,  but  he 
apprehends  fome  fuJdcn  Revolution 
in  the  State,  and  looks  upon  a 
6roanitig'hottrfi,  or  a  Spe^d'/kyhejd , 
as  forc-ctinners  of  the  Day  of  Judg- 
ment. He  is  a  great  Lover  of  the 
King,  but  a  bitter  Enemy  co  all  a- 
fcouthim,  and  thinks  it  im^Hible 
for  him  to  have  any  but  f.v/l  Cw»- 
Jeffcrs,  and  tlwugh  he  be  Vfcry  zea« 
G  4  lous 


I 


joas  for  the  Govcrnmcnc,  yet  he 
^cvcr  finds  any  tbiiig  in  ic  but  Grier 
■nances  ind  All/carriages'  tq  declaim 
*J}wn.  lie  is  a  VVcU-wiiher  to  the 
C/jurch,  but  he  i$  neyer  to  be  repon- 
cil'd  to  the  /i/fio/>s  and  C/ergy,  and 
fails  mofl:  invctcrately  at  the  Mi  of 
UmUmity.     JHe    hates   J'erfecHtion 

j^mplacably,  and  cpntcnds  furjoufly 
for  Moderation,  and  can  fcarce  think 
well  of  t|ie  Toleration,  becaufe  it  if 
an  A<^  of  the  State.  He  profciTcjj 
lunilpff  pf  fhe  Church  of  l^glanff, 

pretends  to  Jike  the  Wordiip  of  it 
put  he  goc?  to  Meetings  in  fnjght 
fothe/Vj//c«p(fhis  Farijh.  HisCiwy 
Jaence  js   yery  tpndcr  and  fcrupu- 
iousjn  Matters  of  Cercpiony,  but 
»t  Ks  as  jleely  and  foyghas  Brawn 
pehjnd  Jus  Cpuntpr,   and  can  di- 
gclj  any  Sin  of  Gaiq.    He  Jbdges 
Jt  home,  but  he  live^at  tl)c  CePer 
^o"Jf'    He    convcrfcs    mprq   with 
M'u.J   Papers,    Gazettes  mi  Totes, 
than  with  his '5%  Books,  and  hi$ 
conftant  Application  tQ  the T^^Z/r/ 
takes  lum  oHall  Gate  for  his  Private 
Cmeru.    He  is  always  fettling  the 
mm^yQl  cQu'd  »|ov«  manage  his 


:'; 


{«p!I 

own  Faw/Zv.  He  is  a  mighty  Sticky 
Icr  at  all  Eledim,  and  tW  he  ha? 
no  y^ote,  thinks  it  impofliblc  any 
dung  Ihould  go  right  unlcls  be  be 
there  to  Bawl  for  it.  His  bufincls  is  at 
Home,  but  bis  thoughts  are  in  Flan- 
ders, and  lie  is  camcftly  invcfling 
of  Towns  till  the  Shertii  's  Officers  bcr 
kaguer  his  Doors.  He  Ls  bufie  in 
forcing  of  CoHnterfcjrps,  and  ftorm- 
ing  of  preaches,  while  his  Oeditors 
take  his  Shop  by  furprizp,  and  make 
Plunder  of  his  Goods.  Thus  by 
ipending  the  State,  He  marts  his 
own  Fortune',  and  never  leaver 
talking  of  thq  /^wj  of  the  I  and,  till 
the  txccutign  of  :cm  (\kwc  him. 

This  I'prt  of  Impcrtuients  the 
Cflffee-houffs  arc  pvcry  day  full  of; 
nay,  lb  far  has  this  pontagipus  Im- 
pertincnc9  Ipread  it  fclf^  that  Fri- 
Viite  //(Jw/i-f,  and  Shps,  nay,  the 
very  Streets  and  i^ulks  arc  iiifcdcd, 
and  pefter'd  with  Politicks  and 
News.  Not  a  Ppt  cou'd  go  glibly 
down,  or  a  ftltch  go  menily  for- 
\vard  withpnf  M/ww,  a  while  ago; 
'.BWHS  />/'fC  tQ    Foiter'^,   Ah;  ^ii4 


n^'ix  to  the  Cobler's  Threap,   the 
one  lufpcnded  his  Draught,   and 
the  other  hjs  Awl,  to  enquire  \vJiac 
was  become  of  the  Rogue,  and  were 
venr  glad  to  hear  he  was  taken, 
and  expeded  no  doubt  he  Ihou'd 
come  over  and  make  'cm  a  //«>-^jy 
at  his  Execution.  They  were  migl). 
t.ly  rejoyr'd  at  tiie  Arrcfting  of  the 
Marelchal  Boujjiers,  and  made  no 
i]ueftion  but  they  Hiou'd  fee  him 
amongd  the  reft  of  the  Be.fls  at 
l^irrholon,ew  Fair   for  Two  Pence. 
This  Folly  of  the  Mol  was  in  Ibme 
mealurc  cxcufable,  becaule  their  Ig- 
norance  led  "em  into  an  expcdation 
of  feeing  what  had  given  the  World 
Jo  much  Trouble.    But  thole  that 
have  better  knowledge  of  things 
luvc  no  luch  Plea,   they  ought  fo 
have  been  wilcr.  than  to  have  bu- 
fied  themfclves  io  much,  and  fo 
carncftly  about  AfTairs,  which  all 
their  care  ;|nd  SolUcitude  could  have 
no  more  Influence  upon,  than  over 
the  Weather.   Twas  pleafant  to  fee 
what  Shoals  the  report  of  the  ar- 
rival of  a  //»/ZW.  or  Phntlers  M»l 
brought  to  the  Secretary  ^  Office,  the 

Voji 


[pO 

fo/?  Ofue,  and  the  Cofee-JIonfe; 
c*fery  one  Crowding  to  ciafch  the 
^ews  firfti  which  as  loon  as  they 
kad,  they  pofted  away  like  ip 
niany  Expreflts  todifpcrlc  it  among 
their  Sfeighbburs  ^t  more  diftance, 
that  waited  with  Ears  prickt  up  to 
receive  'era,  or  walk'd  uncafily 
"witli  a  FooUfli  Impatience  to  and 
from  the  Door,  or  Window,  as  if 
thcip  looking  out  fp  often  wou'd 
fetch  "em  the  fooncr.  Moft  Men  in 
their  News  are  like  Reju$  in  their 
Diet,  the  worft  is  welcpme  while 
'tis  frcfli  and  fcarce,  and  the  bcft  \% 
not  worth  a  Farthing  Wjicn  it  has 
been  blovyn  u|K)n  ;  j^nd  Commonly 
they  fare  Lkc  iiwi^'s,  arc  fond  of  it 
while  'tis  young  and  infipiJ,  and 
ncgled  it  wncn  'tis  grown  up  to  it$ 
jfull,  and  true  relifli.  No  fooncr  is  it 
rumour'cl  th4f  a  Breach  is  made  in  the 
taJlltWally-Ot  tjie  White  Flag  hung 
out,  but  a  Council  of  War  is  callcj 

5"n  every  Coff'et'-I'oufe  in  Tow'H;  the 
'•'rettd'  aqd  Dutch  Prints,  tlvcir  Intclr 
ligencies  are  call'd  for  immediately, 
and'  examui'd,  'and  not  a  fliot  is 
incntion'd,  but  they  Hart  ^  if  did 
•   -    ■■      i^-^^     Ball 


[  92  j 
Ball  whizz'd  j yft  then  by  their  E»m 
After  this  follow?  a  ferious  debate 
about  a  g^ner?!  Adault.and  whether 
they  fljall  ftprm   imtr^ediately,  or 
not;  whQJhall  begin  the  Att;^ck  ; 
.    what  Conditions   fhall  be  granted 
on    Capitulation.    The  Cadle    of 
N^ntur  thu$  taken,  pr  -Surrcnder'd; 
thev  proceed  to  take  thcir'McaliircI 
?nd  lettle  the  next  Campaign,  and 
whatever  h^rm  >vc  lu%  by  thole 
nulcheiv6u§  /^re^cb  in  the    Field 
they  arefureto^ak^'fufficient  Re-' 
yenge,  ^qd  pay   cm  offSwingingly 
iM  tl|e  Coffee-fjouje :  But,  as  if  this 

TS^   "°^  ^T'^^''    0"r    greateft 

Adio^s  muft  be  jJufToon'd  Jn'^Show. 

as  well  as  Talk,    ^li^ll  AW«r  be  ta^ 

ken.andourHero'softhcCitynot 

Ihoyv  their  Prpwels  ypo,,  fo  great  aij 

OccaHon?  It  mufl  never   be  faid 

»'"■  !,?^  ^'J5  Cope-Jjoujes  d,r'd  more  than 

Moor.hieUi  ;  No,  for  the  honour  of 

MoH,  out  comes  the  Foreman  of 

tlie  Sho/>,  very  formidable  iq  Bm& 

miBayt/eers,  qnd  away  he  marches 

w.thteathcrinCap,tq  the  general 
Rendezvous  in  the  ^rt/!/ary  Groml 
^piicre   thefe    terrible    Mi'mick   of 


f*5l  I 

Mfiirx  ace  to  Ipcnd  tlreir  Fury  inf 
/?<?/^,  and  i'Wc,  upon  a  Namur, 
creuiJcd  for  that  purpote  on  a  Mok'^ 
htit,  and  by  the  help  o/  Guns  and, 
DrHms  oui-ftiak,  and  out-rattlc 
Smith-field  xci  all  its  Bravery,  and 
viroa'd  be  top  hard  for  the  greateft 
Man  in  iitrtancc,  if  they  had  him 
but,  fimongft'  'em.  Yec  tins  is  but 
Skirmifhing,  clic  hot  Service  is  in 
anotlKr  Place,  when  they  6ngage 
ttyc,  Capottf,  ini  Qa^irt  Pots ;  never 
\va|s  Onfct  njore  Vigorous,  For 
they  come  to  Handy-Blows  im- 
mediately, and  now  is  the  real  cut- 
ting and  flalhing,  and  tifeing  withl 
out  Quarter,  Were  the  Towns  irt 
fhiHflen  all  wall'd  with  Beef,  and' 
ihc  French  as  good  meat  ^Capons, 
ahd  drcft  the  lame  Way,  the  King 
nc<!d  never  beat  his  Drums  for  Sol- 
diers; all  ttielc  Gallant  Fellows 
wou'd  come  in  Voluntarily,  the 
mcaneft  of  which  wou'd  be  ahle  to 
c^t  a  Marcfchal,  and  whom  no- 
thing cou'd  oppole  in  conjundion. 

Nothing  is  more  common,  and 
familiar,  than  this  ibrt  of  Imperii n-' 

encc'; 


Impttii- 


tncc  J  '■  Mod  Men  i^u'd 'hiVt  jiirle^ 
to  do,  did  they  fcifie'thcftf^e^- 
about  nbthing,  bat  ii'Wt'  tfacy^Ai!.' 
derftood,  ai^fttrt'ainUtifditt:  A 
MoitR-ey  is  nor  lik^k" '-MJ61  mU 
Figure,,  riiin  Inr  His'Htjrflbar.  Nbw 
ready-arp-all  MMntf^p  tcSte 
vi'ithomr  AothotiiV,-, aba-tb'  ^6 
advice  dHiiMt,  an^^'tH&t  i^l6n:^ 

thirti  this-  fbrwahffjd?''to    Mff 

thciWil  v(i*  irito  otlKJr'i^affairsXprte ' 
fi<4  atiV ,  Vdtici^t  W  e*i4^ity  gf 
Tcrfdefn&fi^^^'drfr^or'Ac  Id^im 
ptd^ta-theWdfafi'c^'JrfteirNA 
te  a'TIi  only  a  VL  eoijSir 
tJjat  t-Hef  ircwiler.  aiid"  more  able 
CO  advhe.  -Which  put*S  'em  upon  en-" 
gaging  in  things  theyihaVe  nothing^ 
to  dp^  witli,  and  paffing  tlieir  Judg- 
nients  Magtftcrialfy'bn  niatrei?  theV" 
liayc  no  Cog^iza/icc  bfj  and  gcnei" 
ra«f  ^ttlclnforrtiati^.,  or  Skill  in.' 
Thef  arc-derii'oai^the  JVorld  ihoii'd" 
hat^as'^i^at'  afc  dpftirph  of  "eni 
as    they  have  of  tharitfd^cs,  ahd' ' 
therefore    impertinently    interpofe, 
their mVrt'Authorffy and  Senfe,  tho' 
"<^;jJo  little  tb  the-  purpole,  only 


to  fliew  how  well  they  cou'dtnanage, 
were  it  their  BuHnefs -^  thus  they 
advi&  withpUtC  ^ood  intention,  oc 
KirKinefs,:aitd  ceafure  without  de> 
iign«  or  malice  to  the  Perfons  coun<>^ 
fell'd,  or  nefle^cd  On.  Tbefe  buz* 
zing  Infe<3s  fwarm  as  thick  every 
where,  and  are  as  troublefome  as 
Muskettoes  in  the  WeJi'Indies. 
They  arc  perpetually  in  a  hurry  of 
Bufmefs,  yet  are  forc'd  to  rack  tlicir 
Inventions  to  employ  their  Leifurc. 
They  are  very  bufie  for  every  Body, 
and  lervc  no  Body-  They  are  al- 
ways in  had,  and  tluiik  chemfdves 
cxpeded  cvei'y  where  withimpati^ 
cnce,  yet  come  fooner  always  than 
chey  are  welcome.  They  will  walk 
a  Mile,  and  Vpend  an  hour  to  tclt 
any  one  how  wgent  their  BuTmeli 
IS,  and  what  haft  they  are  in  to  be 
gofle.  Their  Expedition  is  their, 
greateft  Lois,  for  Time  is  the  only 
thing  that  lies  heavy  upon  their 
hands.  They  are  walking  G^Kt/tes, 
thM  carry  News  from  one  Neigh- 
bour CO  another,  and  have  their 
J>tages  about  the  Town  as  tegular', 
aijdsconain*   as  a  r.ennyrF.^i-mtut^ 

Every 


Every  Man  is  their  Ac^uaintt'nie', 
Dirt  rtd  Man  eh«r  FricntJ.  Thoy 
drudge  for  every  Bo4y,  aftid  arc  plid 
hy  no  Body.aftd  th6ugh  thiir  Lives 
be  worn  out  in  tndcavoWs  to  ob^ 
ligc  all  Mankind",  When  fhey  die  no 
one  regrets  thcit  Lofs^  or  rtiife 
thckSafvicc.  /.i 

&4r»ft^      There  aVft  andther  dbri  of  liti- 
J.y"-"'- pertinents,  who,  as  they  mind  not 
"^         riie  Bafirtets' of  other  Men  Where  it 
eonccirns  'cm  not,  negledt  it  like^ 
wife  where  it  <loes-;  and    amulft 
rhemfclves    conrinuilly   With   th6 
ContcmpIarioiT   6f  thefe   things ; 
which  ttie  fell  of  the  WorW  flight 
as  uftlcft,  and  below  rhefr  fegard- 
Of  thefe  the  mod  EgregidXis  fs  th«! 
Fertu»fi,  who  is  one  that  haS"  fold 
an  Eftace  in  Land,  t6  purehaCc  one  Hi 
Scallop,  CoHdh,  Mufc/e-Cick/e  Shells; 
FeriwinkUs,   Sea   Shruhs ,    Weifis , 
Moffes,  SpcM^es,  CcraSii  Corallhei, 
Sea  Fans,  Peliles,  M,irdajites,indl 
FliHt-Jtones  ,♦  ahd  hrfs  abandort'd  the' 
Acquaintance,  and  Society  of  Men, 
for  tliac  of  Infc<fts,  Worms,  GruUs, 
Maggots,  Flies,  Moths,  Locujis;  Bee- 
tles, 


r^7] 

^\ei]    Spiders,    Orajhoppers-,    Saaihi 
Lizartis  and  Tortoifes.    His  flludy  isf 
like  Noah's  Ark,  the  gcncrafi  Ren- 
dezvous of  all  Creatures  in  the  U- 
niwrfe;  and.  the  greatcft  pfart  of  hisf 
Moveables  are  the  remainders  of 
his  Deluec.    His  Travclsf  arc  not 
defign'd  as  Vifrti  to  the  Inhabitants 
of  any  place,  biit  it  tlYe  Pits,  Shores' 
dnd  HRIs ;  frortf  whence  he  fetches 
nbt  the  Trcafurc,  tut  the  Trumpo-' 
ry.    He  is  rivWVd  it  ftidtng  an 
Mincommon  fliell,  or  an  odd  ihap'd 
Stone,  and  is  dd'pcrately  enamour'd 
at  firli  fight  of  an  unufual  markc 
Butter-Hie,    which  he  wilt  he/nt  a' 
whole   day  t^  he  Maftet  of.     He 
Traffi^ks'  to*  iCiit  pioftes,  and  has  his 
f  k)frcfpondents  in  c'cry  part  of  the 
World ;     yfct     Irts    Merchandizes 
fervc  not  to  protnote  out  LiYxury, 
nor  encreaVe  our  Trade,  afnd  nei- 
ther enrich  tWe  Nation,  not  him- 
felf.     A  Box  or  two  of  Pelhles  or 
Shells,  And  a  dozen  of  W4ps,  Spi- 
/lers  and  CaterpiHers  alte  hHs  CaVgoe. 
Me  values   a  Camelion,  oV  Sn/am-iK- 
tier's  Egg,  above  all  the  Sugars  and 
Spices  of  tlje»'<!^  and  Eaji-JntlifU 
H  ani 


•  iind  wou'ti  give  more  for  die  Shell 
of  a  SrArrjijh,  or  Sffii  t/r-fkf/twmei 
than,  ftw:  a  whole  i)*/ci(r  Eferring 
Floec.    Hq  vififs  Minw,  Colepit», 
an4   Quarries  frequently,  but  doc 
for  tlut  6xdid  end  that  other  Men 
ufually  doj  v/m.  gain ;  but  for  the 
fake  of  the  foHiie  Siulls  and  Toeth 
that  arc  fometimesi  found    there. 
He  is  a  I'maitcrcr  at  Botany,  but  fpt 
f<»ri  of.  being  fufpe^d  of  any  u(iH 
fui  defign  by  it<  he  employs  his 
curiofity  only  about  Mofts,  Grafef, 
Brakes,. Thiftks,  Sip.   tliat  arc  not 
accus'd  of  any  ve«tue  in  Medicine, 
which  he  diflingoiihes  and  divides 
very  nicely.    He  ptcforvcs  carcfwl- 
ly  tiiofc  Creatures,  which  Other  Mw 
induftrieuily  deflroy,  and  cultivate* 
feduloufly  thofe  Plants,  which  o- 
thers  root  up  as  Weeds.    He  is  the 
Embalmer  of  deceas'd  Vermin,  and 
drefTcs  his  Mummycs  with  as  much 
catc,  ar.  the  Ancient  E.^yptians  did 
eheir    Kings.      His   Caih   confifts 
ftiucb  in  old  Coins,  and  he  thinks 
the  Face  oi  Alexander  \x\  one  of  'eiTi' 
worth  more  than  all  his  Conqueft*. 
His  Inventory  i^  a  Lid  of  the  (n- 
»  fe<a> 


^ctfis'bf  all  Cottfitries,  and  tlic^helfe' 
an?IPebblcsof  all  Shoars,  which  can 
lio  more  be  eomplcat  without  two 
or  three  6f  fcmarkable  ^^^i^^rw, 
than  *ft  Afvrkecarits  Sliop  witlwut 
^Tor,toife  and  a  CrhcoMe,  or  a  Coun- 
try  Barbel's    within  J  t   a    batter'd      ^ 
CMerii.    A  PJecfe  of  Gfc  with  a 
Shell  111  it  isisl  greater  Prcfenc.  than 
if  it  wcrfe  fine  Gold,  and  a  firing  of 
Wamj>ontfeag  is  recciv'd   with  more 
joy,  than  a  Rfp;  o(  Orient  Fear/,  or 
DiatnoMds  ^ou'd  be.    His  CoHedti- 
6n  of  Canlen  Snails,  Crekle  Sheih 
And  y ermine    complcatcd,    fas  he 
thinks ;  he  fcts  up  for  a  Fhilcji-     " 
fher,  and  nothing  lefs  than  Univer- 
ftl  Nature  will  ferve  for  a  Suhje<J>, 
of  which  he  dunks  he  has  an  en. 
tire  Hiftory   fn  his  Umhr.  Ojiice, 
Henceforward   hcf/rnts  and Jwe/U, 
and  dclpiies  ail  thofc  little  infigni* 
ficant  Fellows',    rhat  can  make  no 
fcettcr  utc   of  thole  noble  inconte. 
ftablc  Evidences  of  the   UmverliU 
Deluge,  Scillop  and  OyM  Shells, 
^htn  to  ftevv  Oyflers,  of  melt  Brirr.. 
fione  for  Matches.    By  this  time  he 
blinks    it  nccclBry    to  g've  Hie 
H  X  World 


[  loo] 

Wodd  an  Effay  of  his  Parts,  thit  \i 
l^ay  think  as  higlily  of  cm  ("if po» 
flible )  as  he  docs  himfelf ;  and  find- 
ing Mofes  hard  bd'cc  of  late,  he  re- 
foJvcs  to  give  hiiTJ  a  Hft,  and  de* 
fend  hi«  Flood,  to  which  he  is  lb 
much  obUg'd  for  Iparing   his  d»» 
hng  Toys  only.    But  a»  great  Ma- 
fters  ulc,  he  correds  him  fomctimes 
for  not  fpcakiiig  to  his  Mind,  and 
gives  him  the  lie  now  and  then  in 
order  to  fupporr  his  Authority.  He 
iliakcs  Che  World   to  Atoms  with 
eafe,  which   melts  before  him  as 
fcadily  as  if  it  were  norliing  but  a 
Ball  of  Salt.    He  pumps  even  the 
Center,  and  drains  it  of  imaginary 
ftores  by  imaginary  Loopholes,  as 
rf  punching  the  Globe  full  of  hole* 
cou'd  make    his    H\pothefn    Iiold 
Water.    He  is  a  Man  of  Exped/ti- 
et,  and  does  that  in   a  few  ciayS, 
nhich  coa  A/ofef  fome  Months  to 
coinpleat.    He  is  a'  Pafliofiate  Ad- 
niircr  of  his  own  Works  u  ithout  a 
KivaJ,  and  lupcrcijioufly  contemns 
all  .■j^/urr's,  yet  die  Kail  0/je<:uo» 
throws  him  imo  the  Vapoursi    tic 
kts  up  for  a  grand  rhileJophfr,mdi 

palms 


p^lms  Hypotbffes  upon  the  World, 
\Vhich  future  Ages  may  ( if  they 
pleafe)  cxpeft  to  hear  his  Argu- 
ments for;  at  prefent  he  is  in  no 
humour  to  give  'em  any  other  fa- 
tisfadiion  than  his  own  word,  that 
hd  is  infallible.  Yet  thole  that  have 
a  Faith  complacent  enough  to  take 
a  Gentleman  s   word  for    his  ovvn 
great  Abilities,  may  wrhaps  be  adr 
mitted  to  a  fight  of  his  grand  De^ 
monftration,  his   Raree  Shmv,  t\\<i 
particulars  of  which  he  repeats  to 
^em  in  a  whining  Totie,  e'ry  whit  as 
formal  and  merry,  though  not  lo 
MTjfical,  a;!  the  Fellows  that  ufed 
fprmcrly  to  carry  theirs   at   their 
Bach.    His   ordinary   difcourfe  is 
oF  his    Travels    under    GraHMff,    m 
which  he  l»as  gone  farther  ( if  he 
may  be  believe )    than  a  whole 
Warren  of  Cenies.    F^ere  he  began 
his  Colleaionof  Fu^mc^re.  for  his 
Philofophical    Tey  Shop,  which  he 
will  conclude  with   his   Fortune, 
and  then  like  all  Flelh  revert  to  the 
place  from  whence  he  came,  and  be 
tranflaccd  only  from  one  Sliop  to 
onochcr.  «.!  • 

H  3  ^^^' 


i  /  :5ihis,  MaJam,  isanodier  fi3f/i;,fif 
impertinence  oyr  ^xare  .notilk^Je 
^o ;  onp  wou'd  chiiij^  tlwt  nonf  hut 
uVV  •^^''»  or  high\y  /jyj>pp/jo^lf^ 
cai,  cou'd  employ  t^pifelve^^^Jjjs 
rate.    I  appeal  to  ypu,  qr  ,yj^c<?4 
tO^nx.M^n  of  Scaic,  \vhct;|i9rf»^$ 
Jiite  ci>c  w  iler  AniA^I^uhc^Mjiiji^i: 
ivich  great  care,,  ;)nd  pains  dMlji?;- 
^uillvts.a^id  dividff  tlie  m;jny' Ywir- 
xcics.^^f  Gyafis.^n^l  finds  nq  s\^ 
ixwx.  of  his  labo)ur,^)]fin  clxccl]^^^ 
K)if  lii^,.A<I<^mory  .^yrvjh  gbu#^laji«;e,.S' 
^upafl^ous  Names  ^.pr  the  jAp»  ^li'^^t 
,eat^3|l  f)romifcuQ|a4j^,  sjo^  yrwhp^t 
idiUin<$kiqn,tpfptisfy,Ji]|ij5  Afpetif^^^ 
•TuppoEC  Nature,    Tp  what  p^pq^ip 
4p  It,  that  ijhefc,  Qeptlepoeh  ranlacj^ 
fll  Pacts  both  of  E^frtb  ^nd  ^tf<j  f;(> 
procure   tlicfc  ■/V-'^f J  ^   Jt  ^s^Pftiy 
f\\%%  .%\•^^y  piay  g^vfp  ^^cir  N;»nics  tq 
/bme  yet  uncbfiften;d  ShelJ.orlufec^. 
I  lcnp>v.tluttlicdcfv^,of;^i>oyyjcdgc, 
prid  fhp  <;iircovcry,pf  phing?  yst  unr 
kao\yn  is  the  ^tj^ncc^  Bm  vfjai: 
KnoWedgc  i<  it  i  -Wjiat  Difcowr^e? 
do  w«  owe  to  thc^r  Labqurs  ?  h\% 
only  the  Difcovcry  of fomc  fqwun- 
Jicedcd  Varieties  of  Plants,  Shells, 


4wlnfeas.  unheeded  only  bccauft 
ttfflkfs;  aid  the  Kiipwle^g^*  ^m 
boaafo  much  of.  is  no^motc  than 
,a,  RegiftcB -pf  lthe»rNaniQS,.»«<i 
Marks  of  Diftiwaion  only.  V^  »« 
enough  for  them  to  kn^W  that  ♦ 

phacwhen.it.i&comctomatunty 
IWeivcs  a  U^eh,  ii  metanwrpbos  d 
ta^Mpth^fiy^y^^y^  Eggs.  a»a  »o 
Die.  They  lfi»>;c  aU  /uaher  en- 
fltityutoilij^e  VrJearned  and  Me^ 
^JhtmckSTJ^wlTofe  Bufinds  only 
ithcy  tlunKit  to  profecute  matte  s 
of  ^lin  and  Profit-  Lft  \xm  con- 
.trivcif  hec30,to^maketbs5i/-e 

f«/ar/.«.  have  another  Scm,  which 

Is  the  founding  fome  vyild.  uncer, 

.Un.cQi.j«aur»l.M/«.^^.  which 

inaybecrue.of  fllfe;  yet  MftB^ind 
'Set  Gainer*  nor  l-ofwJJuW 

•Svemttn«e..^i:hde.Mcn*jejuft 

,the  revcrfe  of  h  B^ftk  i^vA^^  a«f 
carry  in  thcir///r.^«/f.v;h»i;bQte 

' S  Ins  r^. iab4  «wve  UMghtw  r»- 


{1040 
jvhat  noble  Remedies,   what  Icp; 
pce^hk   Iqftruments    have    tbefc 
Afu/hmme,  9n4  Cockie-jheil  Hunteife 
ioblig.d  plic  World  with  ?  Fpr  I  am 
%tzSy  to  recant  if  ihcy  can  IhevvYo 
^ood  a  Mcd'cine  a$  Stew'd  PrHnes, 
pr  fo  nccertary  an  Inftrumcnt  as  a 
Flye  Flap  of  their  own  Inycntjop  and 
Pifcoyery.     Yet  thefc  are  the  Moh 
hpf  CKalted  ynderftandings,  the  Men 
pf  elevated  Capacities,  »hd  fublinie 
Speculations,  that  Di^fie^nd  Qi-' 
Ainguifli  therafclvesfrom  the  reft  of 
the  Wbrld  by  Ipecious  Names,  aiid 
pompous  Titles,  and  continue  not- 
Withftanding  as   vety   Reptiles.  \in 
Senfe,  as   tliofe  tbpy  conyecfc  fo 
JMuch  with.  .  ~ 


,1  '  ^P"***  "°f  have  any  Body  mi- 
pake  me  fo  far,  as  to  think  I  wou'4 
in  the  leaft  refled  upon  aiiy  (Inccrc, 
ind  inteJlii?ent  En(3[uircr  into  Nature, 
pf  which  I  as  Iieartilywifti  a  bettdf 
knowledge,  as  zvty  Vettuefi  of  cn^ 
ill.  You  tan  be  my  W^tnefs,  Madam, 
tjiat  I  u$"d  to  fay,,  i  thought  Mr. 
Poyle  mote  honour»l}|o  for  hi5  learn- 


[■05] 

Bittl>;  and  that  the   Royal  Seaety^ 
by  their  great  and  celebrated  Pcrr 
formance?,  were  an  Uluftrious  Argur 
meat  of  the  Wiidom  of  i\xQ  Aufiujl 
Prince,  their  Founder  pf  happy  Mer 
mery ;   and  that  they  highly  mcrir 
ted  x\\cEJleem,  Mejpea  and  HQfour 
paid  em  by  the  ]Lpvcrs  of  Learning 
all  Europe  ovet.  But  though  I  have 
a  very  gceat  Veneration  for   the 
Society  in  general,  I  can't  but  put  a 
vaft  difference  between  tl)e  p^rticu- 
l^r  Members  that  compofe  It.  Wcrp 
Supererozatiofi  ■i.  Dodrine  ja    Fa- 
ihipB,   'tis  probable  fome  of  'em 
jDirfit    borrow    of    their   Fellows 
merit  enough  to  juftifie  their  Arr9T 
aance,  but  alas  they  arc  come  an 
ABC  too  late  for  chat  trick;  They 
jMicfallcn  into  a  Faithlefs,  Incredu- 
lous Generation  of  Men.   that  will 
Rive   credit   »o  farther    than   the 
iifible  Stock wilUjctend:  And  tho 
a,  Fertuofo    (hould  hvell  a, Title- 
Page  even  till  ic  burft  witli  Urge 
Pcomifes,  and  ftinorous  Titles,  tlie 
World  is  lb  iUiWtur'd  as  oqc  to  think 
a  whit  the  bettei  of  a  Book  forn- 

Tis  5M1  Ul  tim«  w  ftade  with  \mr 

*  -Tij  ^    .  1-   .  .    I'  •       pllc^tc 

h  L.J  » 


plicite  Faith,  whea  fo  many  have 
fo  lately  been  broken,  jby  an  itivtnr 
^ockof  that  Commodtty  ;  no  foeaor 
now  a  <inys  can  a. Man  writer jot 
ileal  9n  Hy|pothc£s, /and  prominb 
Derooniltiatiidn  f6r  jit'  i  hereafter  in 
this,  or  ehe  neift  Workl ; .  hut  out 
<x>ittes  fome  maliciouB  ,'AnfweDjo): 
oth«ri  i^jth  Reaibn&inJiand  agaihfl 
it,  overthrows  the  croolit  pf  \t^  and 
f  ats,  ch^  poor  Author  into  Fits. 
YordMjugh  a  greac  I'hdoibphier  thac 
has  Written  a  book  o£  three  Shillings 
may  vcafonably  inliilt^  and  defpife 
«  (ix  penny  Anfwer,  yet  the  Xacti^ 
nity'«f  fo  low  prica  a  Rjefut^on 
wou'dmake  a  Stoick  fiiec,  and  Ftisk 
like  a  Cow  with  a  Breeze  mkpf 
Tail,  oi  a  Man  bitten  by  a  TVfW- 
$ula.'  Men  meafure  diemfelves  W 
th?ip  J^dnitv,  and  arc  greater  jor  Icfe 
in  tlieir'own  Opinions,  according i?p 
the  pfoportion^  they  have  of  ic  v  if 
thoy  b«  well  ftodk'd  with  it,  it  may 
4>B  cafio'  CO  confute,  but  impoflibfc 
*o  convince  'era.  Hei  therefore:  chat 
Avoo'd  fet  up  for  a  igreac  Man.ougltt 
firft  to'  be  plentifully,' provided  of 
Wi  and  then  a5cqrc  dCodlt  Sbells, 


[107] 
a  4pzen  pf  fio(}marJt4s^  pt  ,aay 
Jrifltc  elfc  is  a.fiifHci^wFo^iHacwn 
to  build  a>,cpucatiq;i  uppn.^   m^ 

if  a,  Maia  M  *^^^*^<=  ^^'^  ^*Y*^^^ 
C2Wg  inipiirf  aSeaipn.t^o  d^fg 
thTngs,,  and  Has  for  fopne  years  ipcnt 
all  ftp  Tin>C;  ?<^^  Money ,  he  vyas 
Siaftcr  'o^\ir\  profccur^oa  pf  tins 
Mon,  and  IhalUfter  all  hat  l«s 

Caterpilbrs  aftrontcd,  and  his  ZJ/</- 
ferriines  itr«verndy   Ipokea   of,    it 
m^bp,  mote   provokmg  to  hijn 
Jh;»n  'tis  xo^Z7fl«  to  t^   puUd 
by  A-^c^^M.    Ana   ^f.  AyM  tQ 

covct'd,^  VVatcr  io  near  a  kip  to^th? 
fanwus  of>c,.    that  coui  ,¥r  W 
in  nothing  l>Ht  ih?  hoof  of  ai>  AJs, 
that  it  wa^  never  fouud  Vii;,  m  piV 
6V«//of  tlie  lame  AnmuU  ^   VN^W 
tlut  makes  no  more  ot  melting  a 
iTer/^,  cl)an  ?  D«^f/'W4J«  d,9cs  ot  a 
Ferkwoi Butter;  J^nd  when  , lie  h^s 
wrict<^  ^  Botnk  of  Pircoy^t«:s.  and 
Wondet*  .thereupon,  xf  U.f >'  \^^'''^ 
Impcrtinaif.Scnblers  of  tUe^  Ago, 
will  mil  "be  demi»tvJ!i0g  Vr^f  m 
writing  ^W'*-'^''^-.  be-  has.r^^ronto 


[  »o8] 
pronounce  the  world,  that  cou'4 
give  him  fuch  an  interruption,  un- 
worthy to  be  bleft  with  his  futur<? 
labours,  and  breath  ctcmai  Defiance 
to  it,  is  irrecoBdtatle,  as  die  quar- 
rel' of  the  Sons  of  Oedipus.  To 
which  prudent  Refolution,  let  us 
leave  him  rill  he  can  recover  H% 
Temppr- 

Thefe  Inftanccs,    Madam,   will 
i  I  hope  )  fufficc  to  Ihcw  that  Men 
are  themfelves  altogether  as  imper-^ 
tinent,  as  they  malicioufly  mifre- 
prefent  us.    It  is  not  for  want  of 
plenty  of  others  that  I  content  my 
lelf  with  thefe;  but  I  am  not  will- 
ing  to  trouble  you  with  any  of  an 
inferioiir  Charader.    Thefe  are  all 
impertinenrs  of  Mark  and  l<!ote,  and 
have  levcrally  the  good  fortune  to 
find  crowds  of  Fooh  of  their  own 
vSex  to  applaud  and  admire  thcni. 
Jmpertrnence  js  a  failing,  that  iias 
its  Root  in  feature ;  bqt  is  not  Wtft-th 
Laughing  at,  till  it  has  rpceiv'd  the 
finilhing'  ftrokes  of  Art.    A  Man 
through   natural   dcfeds    may  do 
{jbundancc   of  incoherent,  fooli^ 

Adieus, 


Anions,    yet    dcfcrve    Companion 
and'  Advice   rather   thstn  Derifionj 
But  to  fee  Men  fpending  their  For-' 
tunes,  as  w«ll  as  Lives,  in  a  courfc 
of  Regular  Folly)  and  with  an  m- 
duftrions,  k  well  as  expenfive  U 
dlcnefs  running    tlnough    tedious 
Syftems  of  impertinence,  wou'dhave 
Vplit  the  fides  of  Heraditus,  had  it 
been  iiis  fortune   to  have  been  a 
Spe<2ator.    Tis  very  eafio  co  de- 
cide which  of  thcfc  Impeftinents  is 
the  mod  fignal ;  the  Vertuofo  n  ma- 
nifefted  without  aGompeiitoar.  For 
our  Follies  are  rtot  to  be  mcafur  d 
by  the  degree  of  Ignorance,  that  ap- 
pears in  'em.  but  by  the  Study. 
Labour  and  Expence  tl»ey  eoft  us 
to  fintlh  and  compleat  'em.    So  that 
the  more  Regularity  and  Artiiice 
there  appears  in  any  of  ©""^^f  [?" 
vagancifis,  the  greater  is  the  tolly 
of 'em.    Upon  this  Score  it  is,  that 
the  laft  mentiond  dcfervcdly  claim 
the  preference  to  all   others;  tliey 
have  improVd  fo  well  their  Amuk- 
ments  into  an  Art.  that  the  CW«- 
ious  zn^  Ignorant  MC  induc'd  to  be- 
lieve tlwrc  is  lome   Iccret  Vertuc, 


[rra] 

feme  hidden  Myflcry  m  thofc  ^- 
ling  toys  of  tlieiPs  ;  when  aHtlieiir 
Bultiirig^  dmdunts  tono  more  tlian-i 
karned-  M/er-ti^encc  (  fot  ib  they 
abufe  the  Terrti  )■  and  aU  they  teaclt 
Men  is,  l>ut  i  l^tcdou*  expcnfivc 
method  of  riiPOUiflg  away  Iwtli'- 
Timt  afld  Money. 

I  '  I-  inttrid  rtorin  whatrfemain*  tof 
trouMe  j^ounvith  arty  imorcJ  fuch  in^ 
flanccs  ;  becaufc  I  afti  Icrtfiblcthcfe 
have  already  fwell'd  this  Letter  vo 
Si  f^o/timx,  whkli  Vv^^rtot  at  firft  my 
intent.  I  Ihali  therefore  dilpatch' 
tlie  remaining  part  of  the  chaise  in* 
as  feiw  Words  a&  p6flible.  Amongft' 
'"""'"■  tlic  reft  DijTmulatioM  is  none  of  the^ 
leaft  Blemijkes,  which  they  cndca-" 
voiir  to  fix  upon  uy.  This  Quali* 
ty,  though  it  cart't'upon  any  oc- 
cafton  dcferve  the  name  of  a' 
Vertue ,  yet  according  to  the 
^rcfertt  Conftitutidn  of  the  World,, 
is  many  times  ablblutely  neCeflairy, 
and  is  a  main  ingredient  in  tpe' 
eompbfition  of  Humour  Prudence. 
It  is  indeed  oftentimes  criminal, 
but  rti$  only  accidentally  fo,  as  In- 

duftry 


tim  heome 
fie  i'£aty. 


[Ml] 

di^ry.  Wit,  and  moft  Other  good 
Qualities  may  be,  according,  to  the 
Endi  and  Burpofts  to  which  they 
arc  mifemploy-d.     Dtfftirulation  is 
notliing  but  the  hiding,  or  difguifmg      - 
ourfccret  tlioughts,  or  Inclinations, 
under  'another  appearance.    I  Ihall 
not  cndeavouf  to  abfolve  our  Sex 
wholly  from  all  ufcof  thisQuahty.or 
Art  (call  it  which  you  pleaie  )  be^ 
caufc  I  think  it  may  upon  many 
Occ^ions  be  ufed  with  Innocence 
enough,  and  upon  fome  can't  with- 
out great  Imprudence  be  omitted. 
TlK  World  is  too  full  of  Crajt,  Ma- 
lic€  and  Violence,  for  abfolute  Sm- 
plicity  to  live  in  it.     It  behoves 
tlrerefore  out  Sex,  as  well  as  the  o- 
ther,  to  live  with  fo  much  caution, 
and  circumfpc^on  in  regar^  to  tlieir 
own  Security,  that  their  Thoughts 
and  Inclinations  may  not  be  leen 
fo  naked,  as  to  expoie   em  to  the 
Snam,    Defipts,   and    Vm^ices   c^ 
Crafty  Knaves,  who  wou  d  make  a 
property  of  'cm ;  or  lay  'em  open  to 
the  wicked  Effdrts,  and  miicliievous 
Imweflions   of  Envy,    ot    Mce 
wkW  pkeafiiie  fpriogs  from  the  hut b 


i 


fcf  othfcfs.  Nothing  gives  ©ur  Ad* 
Verlifies  fo  great  an  advantage  6vcr 
tis,  as  the  knowledge  of  our  Opi' 
hions,  and  AfTedions,'  with  forac^ 
thing  agreable  to  which  they  will 
DC  fure  to  bait  all  their  Ttaps  and 
Devices.  Fof  this  rcafoa  it  is  that 
it  has  b«en  Proverbially  laid  of 
Old,  that,  He  that  kmits  not  hew  t$ 
Pijfemhle,  knows  not  fml\  to  Live. 
The  Experience  of  all  Ages  fiftce 
has  confirmed  this  Obfervatioh, 
and  ours  no  lefs  than  any  of  the 
preceding.  This  premis'd,  I  fup* 
pofe  no  Wife  Man  will  btame  otif 
Sex  for  the  ufe  of  an  Ah  fo  ntcdTarry, 
to  prcferve  'em  from  becoming  a 
Prey  to  every  defigniftg  Man,  an 
Art  of  whfch  himfclf  rnuft  make 
great  ufe  t6  deferve  that  Title.  Yet 
I  am  afraid,  that  upon  enquiry  our 
Sex  wfU  not  be  found  to  havei  fo 
i^uch  of  it  as  is  requifite,  at  l^atl 
not  generally  ;  o\ir  fedentary  Life< 
and  the  narrow  Litfiits  to  which  our 
Acquaintance,  ^d  Buftnefs  are 
Circumfcrib'd,  afford  txs  lb  little  Va- 
riety, fo  regular  a  Face  of  things, 
Ibac  WQ  want  cli«  means  of  pliuin- 


tH3] 
idg  the  MJiftc!^  of  fo  ufiful  in  Aftj 
-which  ric^  qdcftion  but  We  ftbu*d  as 
foon  itiifiire  as  Men,  had^wc  but 
€qual  Ojpportunidcs.    tience  it  is 
that  iVmtn  are  more  apt  to  ihow 
their  R&fentmentsM^n  all  Provocati- 
Ms  than  Men  ?  and  are  thought  na- 
turally more  Peevijh  and  Qa^ticus, 
\>y  chofe  that  apprehend  not  the  true 
reafon ;  Wliereas  i^fw  are  altogether 
as  Stomadful,  and  take  Offence  as 
foon,  but  they  cover  and  fupprefs 
their  Indignation  bettef^  not  with 
a   defign  to  forget  any  Injury  re* 
ceiv'd,  but  to  wreak  their  Revent^e 
more  covertly  and  effedwally.  Thi$ 
is  another  advantage  Men  deriv* 
from  liberty'  of  Converfation  and 
promifcuous  Bufinds,  wherein  the 
Variety  of  Contingencies  they  have 
to  provide  agHinft,  and  tlfc  Divcr- 
fuy  of  Tdhipcrs  they  ifejll  'with, 
fotcc  'em  to  turn  and  wind  them-* 
felvcs  into  all  Shafis,  and  accom- 
modate thcmfclves  to  all  Humours. 
There  is  indeed  yet  a  highw  fdrt  e(f 
Diffimulation,  Which  is  always  Cri- 
minal, that  is,  when  Men  not  only 
doud  thsir  real  Sentiments  and  In* 
f  tentions, 


K^itioBSir'but  mafc^  |H>^flk>rt  of 

crary*  tijis^  by  a  mere  ,jpifO|^can* 
jKftraiB'd  Naine;  isc^mP^eo^' 
9aA  is  alws^y*  «s^<l  W  s»  -M*  3enf* 
This  Arrismpft  prwaic'din  Court? 
whecC  fo/ie/e,  And  Amht/op  reigOi 
there  Yott  may  fee  £»mi«  hugging 
and  careffif%  one  anothej:  with  aU 
outward  Expreffiom    of   Tender neff 
and   Friendjkip  imaginable,    while 
they   are  licretly  eontrivirtg  each 
others  ruinc.    There  you  may  fee 
Men  cringing  to  thofe,  they  wou'd 
^puKH  if  they  durft,  and  Flatterinf, 
thofe  tky  defpife  and  rail  at  behind 
their  Backs.  The  Court  is  a  place 
where  we  come  very  rarely  otlier- 
wile  than  as  Speiiaters,  not  as  Ail' 
ors ;    as  OrnameHts,  not   as    /tijirur 
merits ;   and  therefore   ate  feldom 
involv'd  in  the  guilty  Pradices  of 
it.    Nor  is  it  the  Court  only,  but 
all  Places  are  infeded  with  this  Vice, 
where  tlwrc  is  any  Encouragement 
of  Profit  or  Pleafure  to  be  hop'd 
from  lUccefsful  Treachery,  of  which 
no  Place  is  fo  barren  as  not  to  afford 
f»mc.  This  Deccij*  ^  fo  far  froO 
..j:ri.i  being 


twirtg  the  Vice  of  out  Sex,  that  they 
are  die  common  Objeft  on  which  it 
is  daily  praftic'd  -.  Nothing  Is  fiiore 
frequently  met  witli  than  falfd  Lo^  f;jfij^ 
in  Men,  which  IS  now  grown  to     m.'d. 
familiar,  that  a  Company  of  Six  df 
both  Seites  can  fcarcemert,  butli 
SJ^jim  Paffion  commences  immedi- 
atelv,  is  utg'd,  protefted,  and  fworn 
to  be  real  with  Sll  imaginable  Vio- 
lence.   If  thefe  fllfe  Arts,   mock 
fighirtg,  and  Dying  prevail  opoh 
any  fodliOi,  eafie.  credulous  l^man 
the  Sham  Lover  is  blown  up  with 
the  Succefs,  he  is  big  and  m  La- 
bour till  lie  be  delivcf'd  of  the  Secret, 

which   With   great  fatisfaaion  he      / 
t»tt3cWims   iri  all  Places  where  he 
tomes  J  -Tishis  higheft  Exploit  of 
Cattantry,    which    hC   will    by    "O 
means  I'ofe  the  credit  6f    Thus  he 
thinks  her  ruinc  a  ftep  to  Reputa- 
tiotl    and  founds  his  own  Honour 
upon  her  Infamy.    This.  Madam  is 
thebafeft  of  Treachery;  for  ihey 
ire    not  fatisfied  with   the   Soc- 
cefs  of  their  falfe  Promifes,    and 
Oaths.but  they  infult  over  the  weak- 
hefs  of  a  too  fond  Woma^.  and  /^z- 
.     •   •  I  1 


uwph 


mph  111  her  Difhonour.  I  am  forry 
tlicre  are  any  Women  fo  foolifli  and 
forward,  as  to  give  hopes  and  en- 
couragement  to  fuch  ungenerous 
Fellows  J  yet.  we  may  f)e  afliir'd, 
thac  they  are  not  a  quarter  fo  many 
as,  thole  vain  Boufters  wou'd  make 
•ejp.  Much  more  be  faid  on  this 
head,  but  that  I  think  it  high  time 
■to  pals  on  to  the  next,  which  is 
E-moufnefs,  fo  fowl  a  Blot  to  a  fair 
Cl|arader,  that  no  Merit  can  walh 
out,  or  atone   fufficiently   for 


It 
it. 


'^^nyy  \s,  the  Parent   oi  Calumny, 
and  the  Daughter  oijealoufie.     Men 

>idom  envy  others,  till  they  fear 

"T^enig  out  ftrip'd  by  'em  in  Fortune 

or  Reputation.     It   is    the    moll 

crii^inal,  becaufe  the  moft  injurious 

to   Vertue,    and  worth  of  all  our 

'.natural  Failings,  agamft  which  it's 
Maficc  IS  generally  bent.  This 
vic(^  and  Je,loufie  ibem  to  he  more 
parmcuiarly  hated  oiPrfvUenceth^n 
^"^  other;    tor  they  carry  their 


any 


i  un^llimcnt  inieparably  along  with 

cmj  The  Envious  ai»d  the.  Jealous 

-  ,  need 


[1*7] 

need    no  other  Tormentors  than 
their  own  Thoughts.    The  Envious 
Man  ruines  his  o>^n  to  difturb  ano- 
ibers  TranquiUity.    and  facrifices 
his  ownHappinefs  and  Repoft  to  a 
preverfe    Defire    of  troubling  his 
Neighbours.    He  feeds  like  Toads 
upon  the  Venbmc  of  the  Earth,  and 
flicks  in  Scandal  greedily,  that  he 
may  at  tloafu**  oifgorge  it  to  tW 
greater  annoyance  of  other  Men.' 
Hisi'  mihd  has  tho  'Vapours,  a  S\^ee< 
Rei[)orf  of  any  <)fte  throws  it  into 
Convulfiorts,  and  Agonies,  aMia 
foul  tfrtfe  is  tHfe'Rehef  and  Refi^lh- 
ment  of  it.     A  wbolefome  Air  fre6 
from  the  Blaftsi  of  DetraHton  and 
Slander  is  as  cerfaittly  pcrnidiOUs  ta 
him,  as  Ireland  to  Frogs  and  Toads.* 
This  Vice  is  g^nteilly  difclaini'd  by 
both  Sexes,  yeP' generally  prai^ic'd 
by  both.  Men  k>ve  as  little  to  have 
their  Reputacioh  aS  riieir  aiimneys 
ovcr-topt  by  thiit  Neighbours  «•  Fofr 
chey  think  by  that  means  tlieir  ft^t« 
becomddark  astheifHoufes  dofmoa- 
kyby  the  otlwzrtYet  thro'atey 
Malignity  had  rather  pull  the^  other's 
Jown  to  their  Lev«l,    thaio  build 
I  X  their 


pyr  ow»J  up  higher.  This  Huiijoui 
pc<jv5>ils  indeed,  y^t  oot  in  equal 
M^^fure  in  both  &?jces.    For  as  wq 
li^Te  cpnfefledlYJ«>fe. .^^/^/o;,,  fo 
have  we  m^pHf^Mli^pf  thwrPpi; 
foft  M'bidi:»fu^J1K«*ls  fc.  an4 
»«I«5  frpm  #feif  ftjicfrcfted  Prioci-' 
Jki  wluph  nwlws  '^^eiwleavour  by 
Ne  fl^ifter   iw^ns   to  lev^l  that 
M^ru;  which  tivcy,  think  ftaiids  in 
ihe^:  wgy  to  pucfcrmeoE.  and  which 
Jhey  dalpair  of  b«irtg  able  to  ftir-- 
m^t^by  hoooufshle  attempts.  Fot 
Wh|t  peed  any  ondBJc  hafe  Sleighw 
g)  &QQ  the  M«n,;  whom  by  i»ir 
f  P^  he«hpugh»ih,e  fpu'd  overtake. 
No  ioowt  is  any  J^fain  raisd  to  aqy 
Epiipence  in  ttw  Wwld.  but  half 
the  Sex  at  leaft  join  in  Confederacy 
Po  raife  a  fattcry  ofrSgiftdal.againd^ 
hui>*l  t<)  brine  hint  down  again. 
^«»V    is    thg   FHhiy   of  great 
l>^f?Pf»  whicliw  a  Hm  13  no  il)on«r 
ra»sfd»  i)U|  the  yijc  Ra(iaJIy  mferim 
our  eipwrf  gathcf  immediateJy  toee^ 
ther.  tpubrow  Dirt  atjjini.  and  make 
?haf  iyjhich  was  intended  as  a  Grace. 
^d  Reward,  but  *iBot«  honourable 
^8^i|bw«.    Oor,  Sex  fcUom  ar- 
.  '  five 


'** ,  !^«!%v  bur  ooieifi  among 
\a^»  What  i»  it  tliat  i\»WJis  aawy 
fach  Vcy£S  of  S^tyr^  ^r""^.  Uq. 

this  humoufc  of,iairpiog.  *"»  ™^ 


^  be  thought  a.  iTrfythit  he  lei$ 
|»is  5/w5»;«imcvaikigaJiift<A/'<rt«nr,iand 
turns  Poel    In  this  Capacity;  ltd 
is  as  jirfb  to  khe  WotU,  ^ia  the.  <w 
ther  Injufiow.    iFof  a$i<he  Cr/r«4 
wrong'd^Vd!^  Bd«fyin  hi*  Gcnfiitp; 
andf  iharl'di   and   gridyiac    thefi 
Wririflgsithe  /?«!/|i?C9^cm  Oppoi* 
tunicy  to  dathemfelvcs  Juftice,  to 
KtuirntheGompliwieiit^nd  laogh  at, 
or  defpifehis.    He.  j  wants  nothing 
but  Wit  to  fit  hipi  faenSiatyrf/f,  ye% 
he  lias  Gaff  and  ^a«/^  enough  to 
difp^nae-urith  tliiit  Winty  ttid  writ^ 
withoiitit.    His  worses  dre  /;//«& 
ppon  othfcfk,buc5«/>«;i5iotthiniftjlfi 
and  whiite  djiey  jBaT-iat-Men  6f  fVit, 
call  him  tool,  that  writ  'em.    H« 
takes  hi*  jMaljce  for  a  Mufe,  and 
tfeliil|9  hinjfelf  inftir'd  when  he  is 
bnlv  Pofefs'i/,  and^  blown  up  with 
a  Flacusicf  Envy  at^  Canity.    His 
^te^  h«lps  to  Poetry  aic  OramU^ind 
v4rtthnntick,hy  which. hc  afpir^s  to 
Chime, 'and  Numbers,  yciimiftakcj 
frec^uently  in  the  tale  of  hi§  Fingers. 
He  lu6  ai  very  greafc)  AHtifotify  to 
his  OMTA'Sn^ios,  and  ihates  to  fee  \ 
fopi.»fr/l:wh^e  \^  4^  his  Giafs, 


Uj 


For,(  as  he  fays  > they  F^-^-jf  him. 
TJ^^nd  his  Byes  ^  Be  ^'^^'T/l 

tin  Jolt  a  Mb^m,  orta^  a  i^rfe  A 

Lin^rthereifhohusa  q^nm  there 
SL.    Hi5  F«nd  of  Cr,^^>« 

t^«|.pn  Place.rof^«a"^^^^^^^^^^ 

that  there  is^/'waiffin  th»^#<»ti^<5f 
sLVnor/fe-^.  H§talKs,9iuc^^.,pf 

appS^^stufendyintheDi^U)^^^ 

outa  grain  «f  either,  and  W?h>^ 

but  like  atv.*r<^^J'"f*  h*^^     „ 
S?qW  nip  oir  in  th,  drawing 

overland  rctams  W/ ;h=  F/^^^^^. 
^ie«A.rc.   hV,  C../a  <^^- 


[12,] 

much  mt,  an4  eixre&s  him  with 
noi}f.    The  (fiffemice  between  Mr. 
Cc»/ej  and   hunzts  this ;  the  one 
ha*  coo  much  Wit,  andwo  ftie^ 
the  Standard ;  Ae  other  not  eaough 
to  blanch  his  hafe  Metal,  oreoyct 
the  Brafs  of  his  Couriterfdts.  >Td 
cpmpleat  himfelf^  fti  the  Formahtks 
tf[  Ftrrhafus,  he  Mis  in  love  arfd 
telh  the  WorW,  it  isf  obhg*d  eoiiis 
fafithi  Tot  his   Pobf>y;  but  if  hU 
^ifirefs  prove  no  -more  indulgent 
riian  his  ^*/?,  his  Aipour  is  ilfce  t« 
Fonclude  but  unluckily.    For  if  *is 
Lovebenowa#m<i?  tlian^hls  Lihes*; 
hisXHrinna   mav    play   with  liis 
Flame  Without  danger  of  Bur»«*rtg. 
p  pretends  to^  have  written  owfy 
his  flncereft   Thoughts;    I   don^t 
Icnow  how  weirhlsMi^crsmayttake 
rim  fkomthc  Lor>efi   but  1  -dare 
fwcar  the  World  did  not  expwft-.jt 
fTpm  die  Poet.    He  is  happieft  at    ^ 
thePf(ftorcofaRhimingFool,forhe   ^ 
need  only  to  look  in  his  GlaTs/iirtd   I 
lie  may  Copy  a  Country  Wrfroin  I 
the  City  Original,    ff  tliis  Rhiming  | 
Humour  lafts,  there's  a  good  ^«rtf;t  ^ 
pother  fpoil'd  fer  an  iIl/V?/.yet  fodiis 
comfor  t.Timc,  lmprovcmcnc,and  two 

or 


ftr  three  Books  more  may  raife  bin* 
to  Rival  £-T-5r-and  fing  -L**</<»»> 
Triumphs,  totheEnvjf  of /"(»»  Jor- 
ian  of  happy  Memofy^  ^ 

.  Vou  mjty  wonder,  Altuiam,  why 
fftou'd  give  you  tlw  trouble  of  this 
Piarader,  after  I   had  given  you 
my  wosd  to  troubie  you  with  ne 
more  of  this  Nature.  I  muft  confefs, 
I  am  forty  diat  fo  fooUlh  an  Occafi- 
onwu'droakcmeforgccmyfclf;  but 
a  Book  newly  puhlifti'd  happening 
juft  at  thitJwQiaure  unliickay  tofeU 
into  my  Hands,  I  coa'Aaoowithouc 
indignation  fee  the  Scurrility  and 
Infolenec  With  whiqhiMiJ.  OJSam, 
and   Mr^  Cowley  ate  ttcaipd;  and 
cou'd  not  but  rofeni  /ai  little  th? 
Wrong*  done  to  die  Memory  of 
Men,  whom  the  reft  of  the  World 
with  Juftice  admire ;  and  cou'd  not 
help  taking  Notice  upon  fo  fair  an 
Opporflurtity,  that  tljcy   ate  noi^. 
the'  dead,  to  be  fo  rudely  plaid 
with,  and  made  the  May-Game  of 
o'ry    Splenetiek    Boy.     There    are 
forao  yet  Hving,    whofc  Wit  and 
Perfbrmancesdefcrve  a  moircrefped' 
ful  treatment,  than  they  have  met 
with  from  him.    But  they  arc  able 

Xo 


[l24] 

to  revenge  their  own  Quarrel,  If 
they  think  he  deferves  the  honour 
tobeScourg'dby'em.  Nothing  but 
Envy  and  a  Vain  Conceit;  of  himfelf 
could  move  him  to  tttack  the  Re- 
putation of  Men,  whofe  VcMe  will 
alwaycs  command  Admiration,, 
while  his  own  raife  nothing  but 
Scorn  and  Indignation.  If  his  Book- 
feller  were  but  blett  with  half  a  do*^ 
zen  fuch  Authors,  he  wou'd  in  a 
ihort  time  infaUibly  be  Stationer 
general  w  all  the  Groceri  aijd  Tohac^ 
coHiJh  in  the  Town. 

After  this  Digreflion,  Madam,  lee 
us  return  to  our  Subjed.  We  fland 
yet  charg'd  with  Levity,  and  Incon- 
.fiancy,  two  Failings  fo   nearly  re- 
lated, and  fo  generally  United,  that 
jit  is  hard  to  treat  of  em  apart ;  we 
Will  therefore  confider  'em  briefly  to- 
gether. i>i;/^  is  an  unfteddy  Humor 
fliat  makes  men  like  and  diflike,  (tek. 
ind  rejesa  frequently  tliefame  things 
jpoii  flcnder  or  no  Rcafons,  This  is 
die  Humour  of  the  Infaricy  of  both 
Sexes.and  proceeds  from  the  ftrength 
<|f  their  Appetites,  and  the  weak- 

nds 


nefs  of  their  Judgments.    At  theft 
tender   Years  every  thine  we  lee 
moves  our  Cutiofities,  and  becauie 
we  think  little  beyond  our  Appe- 
titcs,  defire   impatiently  whatever 
pleafes.    this  wears  off  m  propor- 
tion to  the  growth  of  our  Judg, 
ments,  when  we  begin  to  conlider 
the  Fatigue,  Hazard,  Difreputation, 
and  other  Inconveniences  that  at- 
tend unreafonable,    or   inotdmate 
Defires.    Herein  our  Sex  have  a 
manifeft  Advantage  over  the  other  ; 
For  it  is  confcfs'd  on  all  hands  that 
our  Judgments    ripen  fooncr  than 
theirs,  whence  of  courfe  It  follows, 
that  this  FoUy  prevails  not  fo  long 
upon  us,  as  them.    'Tis  yet  true     , 
that  even  the  mod  experiencd  and 
wifeft  of  Us  have  no  Imall  mixture  . 
of  it,  which  appears  in  the  greateU 
part  of  our  Anions.    But  it  is  cer- 
tain likewife.   that    Men  have  a 
greater  proportion  of  it  than  we. 
from  this  Tis  that  My  den- 
vesall  its  Charms,  and  that  Men 
.perfue  with  fo  much  Eagcrnefs  and 
Impatience  what  they  lo  foon  fligl-t 
ifobtain-d.    I  appeal  to  the  Expe- 

riepco 


flerice  of  all  manJkiiid^  tiny  d6 
not  generallj  frame  to  tkemfelves 
Pmich  grdiccr  Idea'is  of  any  thing 
they  defitc,  and  are  uiiacquainted 
with,thaft  diey  find  real,  when  they 
become  Famihar  to  em ;  drtd  if  they 
did  not  imagine  greater  PJeafures* 
while  tliey  were  in   perfuit,  than 
they  rtict  With  after  tiiey  were  in 
PoflcfTton    of  their    WilhcS.    The 
Imagery  of  Fa»cy  is,  hfcefonjc  Pain-* 
tings,  raviftiing,  and  furphrizing  at  i 
due  diftinct,  but  approach  'cm  near; 
and  all   the  Ciiarms  of  Beauty  va-^ 
iiifli,  and  they  appear  rough  and 
unpleafam.    Henoe  it  is  that  Men 
grow  uneafic,  and  their  defires  pall 
lb  fooii  upon  the  full  enjoyment  of 
their  Wilhes;    they   fee  then  the 
Imperfcdions  ao  well  as  Beauties  of 
what  they  coveted*  which  glitter'd 
fo  far  «f,  *id  lilce  the  Moon  ap- 

Eear'd  all  Luftrft  and  Smoothncfs, 
ut  when  arriv'd  at,  ail  dark  and 
^neven.  Thcie  falkoics  Men  ard 
more  fubnticted  to  thiin  we,  by 
thole  very  Priviledges  which  give 
cm  in  Ibme  thing*  the  advantage 
^yfn  m.    The  variety  of  Bufinds, 

and 


and  Society  tbtytua  through,  the 
Urae  acquain»nc6   they  contra«, 
civc  '€01  eiiGouragenacnt  to   afptrc 
to,  «nd  hopes  to  obtain  many  di^ 
iieult  thiligs,  which  our  Sex  Icl- 
dom  lift  thcit  Thoughts  up  to.    I 
know  this  afpiring  Humour  of  theirs 
is  generally  caM'd  Amhitton,  and  I 
aU^  the  Term  to  be  proper;  but 
their  Ambition  works  upon  thcit 
Levity,  v«hich  only  can  make  them 
Baiter  certain  Eafe,  Peace  and  So 
curity,    for  uncertain    Pomp  and 
Splendour ;  a«d  fotfake  a  Conditi- 
oflthey  know  to  be  good    for  one 
they  know  no  mote  of,  than  that 
it  Shines,  and  tliat  it  Glitters,  and 
fo  part  with   the  true  Jewd   for 
tbe'^ftKe  one.    Tbeic  are  the  fe- 
tious  and    applauded    F^hea^^ 
Mankind,  and  Ihesv  the  Weakftcfe 
and  Levity  of  fhofe  we  call  the 
greateft,  aid  wrfeft  Men.  tl»t,f»- 

Irifice  the  Eafc  and  Pleafure  Af 
theii!  lives  to  fW^r  £'<«;*.  ^ 
founding  Titles,  which  is  hke  bar- 
.SngTf<n*U  I>i««md  for  a  large 
.Gltli&  tubblc.  . 

'I',   *  "  Ittcon- 


'•'^^HcoHflancy  \» So  \\)kt  LevHy ,  that 
little  more  needs  to  be  faiaof,  it, 
bnly  that  it  is  corttmonly  tcftrain'd 
to  the  change  of  AfleAions  in  regard 
to  Perfons,  and  fb  is  chiefly  eon- 
cem'd  in  Love  and  Ftiendfliip.  It 
is  founded  upon  Levity,  thrb'  which 
wc  firft  make  an  injudicious  Choice, 
iand  are  afterwards  as  unreafodably 
difguftied  with  it.  This  happens 
oftner  in  Leve^  than  Friendjhif ; 
becaufe  the  ImpreHknis  of  Z>uf 
are  more  fuddenly  coeeivd,  and  the 
tffedis  of  it  more  violent,  than  thofe 
oi  Fr^nrljhip  \  and  the  Defires,  which 
are  commonly  kindled  by  one  firigle 
Perfection,  fuch  as  Btauty  or  Wit, 
not  being  fuddenly  anfvver'd,  arc 
in  Procefs  of  time  excineuifli'd^  at 
abated  by  obiervatiort  of  fome  dif" 
guftful  Imperfedion  or  other  in  the 
Ferfon  belov'd.  This  is  indocdthc 
true  Reafon,  why  Love,  which  is 
generally  fo  Iwt  at  firft,  cools  com- 
ttlonly  lb  luddertly  ;  beeauie  being 
generally  the  Iflue  of  Fancy /^ -Dot 
Judgment,  it  is  grounded  upon  a  it 
over  great  Opinion  of  thofe  Ipei^fedt- 
ions,  which  firft  ftrike  us,    and 

which 


which  fall  in  our  Efteem  upon  mbrtf 
inature  Examination.  From  whence 
ic  is  likewife,  that  Men  are  lefs  con- 
ftant  in  their  Affedions  than  we; 
for  Beauty  only  being  generally  the 
Objeca  of  their  Paflion,  the  Effed; 
muft  ncceflarily  be  as  fading  as  the 
Caufe ;  their  Love  therefore  being 
only  the  rcfult  of  wonder  and  Sur- 

Srize,  is  abated  by  Familiarity,  and 
ccays.as  they  wear  off,  by  Degrees. 
Befide,  that,  a  Love  fo  Founded  is 
liable  to  be  ravilh'd  by  any  Supcri- 
our  Beauty;  or  if  nr  t  lo,  yet  the 
Novelty  of  the  Former  once  worn 
off,  the  New  Comer  has  the  afuil- 
ance  of  Fancy ythf-  Slave  of  Novelty^ 
to  gain   the  Superiority.     This    is 
the  Caufc  why  lo  few  r.al  and  lail- 
ing  Paflions  arc  found  amongll  Men. 
For  Charms  depending  upon,  and 
owing  their  Power   co    Fancy,  can 
maintain  no  Conquefts  any  longer, 
than  that  is  on  their  fide,  which  is 
as  inconlUnt  as  the  Wind.     In  this  ^,„„, 
alfo  we  are  lefs  fauky,  than   they ;  yir> 
For,  not   ulually  fixing  our   .Aire- 
dion  on  fo  mutable  a Ihing  as  che 
Beauty  of  a  Face,  which  a  ihoufand 
K      ~         accidciics 


iVantni  con* 


[mo] 

accidents  may  deflroy,  but  onWift 
Good  Humour,  and  other  Graces  of 
the  MinJ,  as  well  as  of  the  Body, 
our  Love  is  more  durable,  and  con- 
ftanc  in  proportion  to  the  longer 
qontinuance  of  thofe  Qualities  in 
tjie  Objed.  Neither  indeed  have 
We  the  means,  or  tetnptation,  to  be 
fickle  and  inconftant  fo  ready  as 
Men  have;  For  Modefty,  and  the 
jlules  of  Decency  obferv'd  among 
iJs,  not  permitting  to  us  the  Liberty 
of  declaring  our  fentimcnts  to  tliofe 
we  love,  as  Men  may,  we  dare 
not  indulge  a  wanton  Fancy,  or 
lambling  Inclination,  which  mufl 
fce  ftiffled  in  our  own  Breads,  and 
Jou'd  only  give  us  a  hopelels  An- 
xiety, unlefs  we  were  able  to  infpirc 
fhc  fame  Paflion  for  us  in  them; 
Vhich  it  were  vain  to  expedt,withouc 
breaking  thro'  all  rcftraint  of  Mode- 
Jly  and  Decorum  at  the  price  of  our 
fame  and  Reputation,  which  I  hope 
cw  arc  lb  daring  as  to  venture. 
Jefidcs  this,  our  Tempers  are  by 
'vfaturc  calm;  fcda.c,  and  tender, 
lot  ape  to  be  rtiffl'd,  and  difturbU 
)y  Panions,and  too  fearful  to  enter-- 

prize 


brize  any  thing  in  fitisfeftion  6f 
.cm  ;  theirs  on  the  contrary,  bold, 
suSivc,  and  uneven,  eafily  fuiccptible 
of  all  manner  of  Defjres,  and  readi- 
ly executing  any  Dcfigns  to  gratifie 
!*cm.    Thus  are  we  debarr'd  the 
liberty  of  chufing  for  oUr  felvcs, 
and  confin'd  to  pleafe  our  felves  out 
of  the  number  that  like  and  addrcfs 
to  us,  of  which  if  we  fix  our  Af- 
fedlions   upon    any    one,   We  are 
generally  fixt  and  unmoveable,  as 
having  neither  thq  Inclination  to, 
nor  opportunity  ftf  Inconftancy,  that 
the  Men  have.    I  dbn't  deny,  but 
that  there  may  be  Ibme  among  us 
guilty  of  this  Fault,  but  they  are 
vaftly  fliort  of  the  Number  cf  Men 
involv'd  in  the  like  Guilt,  amongft 
whom  it.  is  naw  grown  lb  f  ill  io  ia- 
blc,  that  is  become  no  Scandal ;  but 
is  daily  juaificd,  and  the  Treachery 
boafted  of  as  high  Gallantry.    The 
Crimes  therefore  of  fomc  few  Wr- 
tner.  ought  to  be  ho  reproach  to  the 
Sex  in  genertl.     Of  Infidelity  m 
Fricndlhipl  ftiall  fay  little,  becauie 
1  think  thc^e  aiC  fo  few  Inftances  ot 
iny  thing  thit  dcfcrve  tba-NJime 
.  K  *  ^b*< 


=A-!t. 


[I3t] 

rtiat  fcarcc  any  Age  has  been  fa 
fruitful  as  to  produce  two  Pair  of  real 
and  true  Friends.  I  know  that  the 
pimifhif.  Name  in  commonly  given  to  fuch  a$ 
are  linkt  by  any  Tics  of  Confan- 
guinity,  Affinity,  Intcrcft,  mutual 
Obligations,  Acquaintance,  and  the 

iike :  But  thefe  arc  fuch  Fricndlhips 
if  tl>ey  may  be  call'd  )  fo  as  arc 
ilways    contradcd    with   a   tacit 
jRefervc  .to  Intcrcft  on  both  fides, 
and  fcldom   laft    longer  than  the 
Profperity  of  either  Party,  and  dur 
ring  that  are  frequently  rcnoiinc'd 
upon  flight  Difobligations,  oi  lan- 
guifh  and  die  of  themfclves.    Yet 
if  I  may  prefume  to  give  my  Opinion 
in  a  Cafe,  where  matter  of  Fadt 
does  not  appear,  I  think  we  fhou'd 
be  the  more  Faithful  even    in  this 
too :  For  as  wc  are  lefs  concern'd  in 
the  Affairs  of  the  World,  fo  we  have' 
Ids  Temptation  from  Intcrcft  to  be 
falfe  to  our  Friends.    Ncitlier  are 
rfw»frr.we  fo  Ukcly  to  be  falfe  thro'  Fear ; 
bccavle  our  Sex  arc  feldom  engag'd 
in  matters  of  any    Danger.    For 
thefe  Rcalbns  it  is.'.our  Sex  are  gcn<- 
.taiiy  more  hearty  and  fmcere  in  the 
r   :■.  ordinary 


;«<!i 


ordinary    Friendfliips    they  make 
than  Men,  among  whom  they  are 
Tifually  clog^'d  with  io  many  Con- 
fideracions  oflntereft,  and  Pundi- 
lio's  of  Honour;  to  which  laft  per- 
iiaps  are  owing  the  greateft  part  ot 
itbbfe   honourable    Anions,  •  which 
ire  miftakenlv  imputed  to  Fricnd- 
-ftiip.    For  fomeihing  done  to Jalve 
Honour,  conrrtnonly  puts  a  Period 
to  all  Friendftiip,  with  unfortunate 
Perfons;  whomMen  think  they  may 
afterward  erO\rcold  too  without  Re- 
■feroaeh. 

-    Thefe  are  '*«  moft  c<Mifiderable 
Jmperfcaions,  or  at    leaft  .tholo, 
.V^^li^h  with  moft  Colour  of  Reafon 
are  charg'd  upon  us,  as  gcReral  De- 
feds  ;  and  1  hope,  AMan,-,  I  have 
fairly  Ihown,  that  the  other  Sex  arc 
both   by   Ihtoreft   and  If[i"a"<^ 
■■  «M«c  expofr'dv  and  more  Sabjcd  tt> 
'em  than  we,   PrUe;  Hu^,  y-^i- 
'Hi  and  many  more,  arc  by  the  De- 
claiimcrs  a^a^nft  us  ihfow^into  the 
.Scale   to   make  Avcight^f*nd  beat 
-tij^^own,  but.  with  luclv  mamtett 
:  tti1«(Uc»,  due  wi«hont  g*vmg  my 
K  3  ^c'^ 


Uf: 


Mire  ill 


^y\Utre  It 
Mrnth 


tVomen. 


I                 [  1-34  J 
<J:lf  any  further  troubk,  I  dare  a^ap9^ 
CO  any  reafonabk  Matt,  and  leave 
kim  to  decide    the  Difference.    I 
know  there  \yas  a  Tullia,  a  Claudia, 
and  a  Mejfalina;   there  was    liKer 
wife,  a  Sardanapalus,  a  Ner9,  a  C>i//(- 
^»/<j;  but  if  the  Sexes   in  general 
ire  to  be  reproach'd  with,  and  mcj^- 
fur'd  by  thcfe;    Hunoan  Race  is 
certainly  the  vilcft  Part  of  the  Cre- 
atioo.    'Tis  very  ill  Logick  tp  ai;- 
,ue  from  Particuiacs  to  General?, 
,nd  whae  the  Prcmtfli^arcfingular, 
to    conclude  Univerfally  :.  But  if 
they  will  allow  us  the  Liberty  they 
take  themfelves,  zM  come  to  num- 
bering the  Vicious  of  -both  Scx^f , 
jtliey  will  certainly  wc  poll  UB  by 
initiite  Numbers.    It  were thejeforc 
letter  Policy  furely  inthera,  to  quit 
way  of;  arguing,  yhich  is  atonoe 
>  fell^i,  »n4  fo  rau^b  to  the  difad- 
antage  of  the  Cauf?'.tlicy  contowi 
ibr ;  aad  w  hf:n  they  can,  by  fowid 
.JAitg'.imcnts.makeQUt  any  Advaqta- 
iges  their  Sex  has  over  ours,  ictlter 
than  hviiat  I  have  already  gramccd, 
I  am  ready  to  be  convittc'd,  and  he- 
ftfme  tb^ir  CooAr^res.  and  I  iwKc 
'^1 f-  fi9 


[135] 
jjo  doubt  but  every  ingenuous  Man 
will  do  as  much  by  me.    Thus  1 
have  endeavourd   to  vindicate  our 
-Sex,  from  the  unjuft  Imputations 
wkh  which  Ibme  unrcalbnable.mali- 
cious  Men  wou'd  load  us :  For  I  am 
willing  to  think  the  greater,  or  at 
leaft  the  better  Part  of  their  Sex, 
more  generous  than  to  encourage 
their  Scandal.    There  remains  no- 
thing more,  but  to  Ihew  that  there 
arc  ibme  ncceflkry    Qualifications  " 
to  be  acquir'd,  ibme  good  Improve- 
ments to  be  made   by    Ingenious 
Gentlemen. m  the  Company  of  our 
Sex.  ^ 

Of  this  number  are  Complacence,  ^'ll„^.',' 
Gjillantry.  Good  Humour,  Invention,  f,.,„,  m. 
and  an  Ar,.  which  ( tho"  frequent-  -;<-- 
iy  abus'd  )   is   of  admirable  ulc' 
ico  thole   tliat  arc    Matters  of  it, 
the  Art  of  Inlmuatton,  and  many 

others.  'Tis  true,  a  Man  may  be 
<an  Honcft  and  Underftanditig  Man. 
.  without  any  of  thctc  Qualifications ; 

but   he  can  hardlv  be  a  Pohte,  a 

Well  Bred,  and  A gtcablc,  Taking 
-Man,  without  all,  or  moft.ol  tbao. 

,  ♦"    '  ^  ^j  Witli^ 


floapla 


IVitliout  'cm,  Honefly,  Ccura^e,  or 
^it,  are  like  Rough  Diamonds,  or 
(lo/r/  in  the  Ore,  they  have  their 
intrinlick  Value,  and  Worth  be- 
fore, but  they  are  doubtful  and  ob- 
fcurc,  till  they  arc  polifli'd,  refin'd 
and  receive  l.ufire,  and  Bfteem  from 
thefc. 

The  Principal  of  thcfe  is  Com- 
'onc'et,  hplace>fce,  a  good  Quality,  without 
I'aru'j  tjt  which  in  a  competent  Mcafurc  no 
Man  is  fitted  for  Society.  This  is 
beft  learnt  in  our  Company,  where 
all  Men  affed  Gaiety,  and  endea- 
vour to  be  agrcable..  State  Nem, 
Foil  ticks,  Heltgion,  or  private  Ru- 
finffs  take  up  the  grcatcft  Part  of 
their  Convcrfation,  when  they  auc 
among  themfelvcs  only.  Thdc  arc 
Subjcdts  that  employ  their  Pafli- 
ons  too  much,  to  leave  any  room 
for  Compbcence;  they  raife  too 
niuch  heat  to  luficr  Men  to  be  ea« 
lie  and  plcafant,  and  Men  are  too 
ferious  when  they  talk  of  'cm,  to 
jfupprds  their  natiiral  Temper, 
Which  are  apt  to  break  out  upon  any 
Pppolicion.    Men  arc  as  apt  to  dc- 


'"[  [137] 

fend  their  Opinions,  as  their  Pro» 
pcrty,  and  wou'd  uke  it  as  well  to 
have  their  Titles  to  their  Eftates  que- 
ftion'd,  as  their  Scnfc;  and  pcrfiaps 
in:  that  they  imitate   the  Condud: 
©four  Sex,  and  do,  like  indulgent 
Mothers,  that  are  molt  tender  of 
thofe  Children   that  are  vvcakcft. 
But  however  it  be,  I  have  obllrv'd 
when  fuch  Arguments   have  been 
introduc'd  even  in  our  Company, 
and  by  Men  that  aflcd  Indifierencc, 
and    abundance  of  Temper,   that 
very   few  have  been  able  to  fhcw 
fo  much  Maftcry.  but  that  fome- 
j:hing  appcar'd  either  in  their  Air, 
,or  txprcflion,  or  in  the  Tone  of 
their  Voices,  which  argued  a  great- 
er Warmth,   and  Concern,    than 
is  proper  for  the   Convcitation  of 
Gentlcmet,,  or  the  Company  of  U- 
ilies.     Thefc   Uneafiucaes  happen 
not  lb  often  among  us,  bccaufe  the 
Men  look  upon  us   to  have  very 
iittle  Intereft  in  the  Fublick  Aftair^ 
of  the  World,  and  therefore  trouble 
us  very   fcldon  with  thcif  grave, 
ferious  TriflcJ.  which  they  debate 
witli  fo  much  caracftwis  mnong  one 

anochec 


5 


[>J8] 
another.  They  look  upon  us 
as  Things  dcfign'd  and  contriv'd  on- 
Jy  for  their  Pleafure,  and  therefore 
ufc  us  tenderly,  as  Children  do 
tlicir  FaTourite  Bawbles.  Tliey 
talk  gayly,  and  plcalantly  to  us, 
they  do,  or  fay,  notliing  that  may 
give  us  any  Difpuft,  or  (Jhagrin, 
they  put  on  their  chearfulleft 
Looks,  and  their  Bcft  Humour, 
that  they  may  excite  the  like  in  us; 
They  never  oppofe  us  but  with  a 
great  deal  of  Ceremony,  or  in 
Raillery,  not  out  of  a  Spirit  of 
Oppohtion,  (  as  they  frequently 
do  one  another)  but  to  maintain 
a  plcafant  Argument,  or  hcigthen 
by  variety  of  Opinions  an  agreablc 
'^ntcrtainment.  Mirth,  and  Good 
umour  reign  generally  in  our 
iociety.  Good  Manners  always; 
or  with  us  Men  fljcw  in  a  manner, 
Jk:  Revcrfe  of  what  they  are  one 
:o  another;  They  let  their  thoughts 
,3lay  at  Liberty,  and  are  very  care- 

Eil  of  the  txprclJion,  that  nothing 
Jrfli,  or  obfccne  ctcapc  'em,  ciiac 
ay  (hock  a  tender  Mind,  or  ofTcnd 
{(  mod?(l  Ear.    This  Camion  it  is, 
'  wliich 


3ll(ihich  is  the  Root  of  Ctmplaeenee, 
which  is  nothing  but  a  Dcfire  to 
pblige  People,  by   complying  with 
fhcip  Humours.    'Tis   true    iome 
Tempers   are  too  Obftinatc,   and 
fr<^ward,  ever  to  arrive  at  any  great 
ij^igth  of  this  good  Quality,  yet 
cliere  is  notliing  lb-  ftubborn,  but  it 
Wiay  be  bent,    Afliduity  and  con- 
(lant   Pr^dlicc  will  contrad   fuch 
Habits,  as  will  make   any   thing 
fijifie  and  femiliar,  even  to  the  worll 
contriv'd    Difpofition;    but   where 
Nature   concurs,    Men    are    foon 
■Pcrfcd.    This  is  one  great  advan- 
!|age  Mctji  reap  by  our  iiocicty,  nor 
is  it  to  fcjcjdcrpis'd  by  ^hc  )\i\'e^  of 
■  qtn,  who  know  the  ufc    of  this 
Accompliihffitcnt,  and  arc  fenfiblQ, 
that  it  is  hardly,  if  at  all,  to  be  ac- 
quir'd,  but  by  converAng  with  us, 
Fortlio'  Men  may    have  Wit  and 
Judgment,    yet  the  Liberty    they 
take  of  thw^artiiig,    and   oppofing 
one  another  mftkcs   cm  Eat,,t  an^l 
Pifpmativc,  Impatient.  vSowre,  and 
j^vois;  till  by  convofhng  with  us. 
tlKV  grow  inlcnl  bly  afliam'dof fuch 

imiXif^k,  Ff<.<f49in.    '4  Iv-'  Wttvh  of  this 

^        ■  is 


P  ilhntry 

w  C  imf»r 
njt. 


[140] 

is  Evident  from  the  Obfervation  of 
the  Univerfities,  and  Ims  of  Conrt, 
I  mean  thofc  Students  in  'cm  that 
lead  a  more  reclufe  and  Monaftick 
Life,  and  converfe  little  with  our 
Sex.  They  want  neither  Wit,  not 
Learniflf^,  and  frequently  ncithet 
Generofity,  nor  Good  Nature,  yet 
when  they  come  into  gay,  tho'  In- 
genious Company,  are  either  damp'd 
and  filent,  or  unfeafonably  Frolick- 
fbm  and  Free,  fo  that  they  appear 
either  Dull,  or  Ridiculous. 

Nor  is  Complacence  the  only  tiling 
thcfc  Men  want,  they  want  like- 
wife  the  Gallantry  of  thofe  Men 
that  frequent  our  Company.  This 
Quality  is  the  heigth  and  perfcdibn 
of  Civility,  without  which  it  is 
cither  Languifliing,  or  Formal,  and 
with  which  it  appears  always  wirii 
an  engaging  Air  of  Kindnels,  and 
Goodwill.  It  lets  a  value  upon  tlxT 
mofl  inconfidcrable  Trifles,  and 
turns  every  Civility  into  an  Obli- 
gation. For  in  ordinary  Famili- 
arities, and  civil  Correfnondcncics, 
wc  regard  oot  fo  mucli  wlut,  is 

how 


Eh-] 

how  things  are  done,  the  Manner  i» 
iiMtf e  lookt  upon  than  the  Matter  of 
fuch  Courtehes.    Almoft  all  Men 
tjiat  have  had  a  liberal,  and  good 
Education  know,  what  is  due  to 
Good  Manners,  and  civil  Company. 
But  till  they  have  been  us'd  a  little 
tc  our  Society,  their  Modcfty   fits 
like  Conftraint  upon  'em,  and  looks 
like  a  forc'd  Compliance  to  uneafic 
Rules,  and  Forms  of  CiviHty.    Con- 
verfing  frequently   with  us  makes 
•cm  familiar  to  Men,  ^nd  when  they 
arc  convinc'd,  as  well  of  the  Eafmcfs, 
as  the  Neccflity  of  'cm,  they  are 
foon    rcconcil'd    to  the    Pradice. 
This  Point  once  gain'd,  and  they 
become  expert  in  the  common,  and 
neceflary  Praaices.  Thofc  that  have 
any  natural  Bravery  of  Mind,  willr 
never  be  contented  to  ftop  there ; 
Indifference  is  too  cold  and  Phleg- 
matick  a  thing  for  "cm,  a  little  For- 
mal Ceremony,  and  common  Civi- 
lities, fuch  as  are  paid  to  e'ry  one 
of  Courfc    will   not  fatisfie  their 
Ambitious  Spirits,  which  will  put 
•em  upon  endeavouring  for  better 
Receptions,    and   obliging  ihoi'e, 

whom 


Difertnctt 
kttvix'. 
Cimpla- 
ciuce  and 
Gallantry. 


Vvhom  they  can't  without  Rejiroidii 
to  themfclvcs  offend.  This  is  tbii 
Original,  and  firft  Spring  of  GaUaM- 
try,  which  is  an  Hnmour  of  Oblig-» 
Ing  all  People,  as  well  ia  our  Aa-* 
ions  is  Words.  It  difTers  front 
Omplacence,  this  being  more  adivc^ 
that  more  paflivcj  This  inclines  us 
to  oblige,  by  doing,  or  faying.afceif 
our  own  Humours,  fueh  tnings  as 
we  chinic  will  plcafe  ;  that  by  ftiHi 
mitting  to,  and  following  theirs, 
a  Man  may  be  Complaceitt  without! 
Gallantly,  but  h«  can't  be  GaUant 
tvithout  Cemplacence,  For  'tis  pof- 
fible  lib  plealc.and  be  agreable,  with- 
out fliewing  our  own  Humours  to 
Others  ;  but  'tis  impolhblc  with^ 
oul:  fomc  regard  to  theirs  -.  Yet  this 
Pieafurc  will  be  but  faint  and  lan- 
Buid,  without  a  Mixture  of  both. 
This  mixture  of  Freedom,  Obfer* 
Vance,  and  a  defirc  of  pleafing* 
when  rightly  tempered,  is  the  true 
Compofirion  ofC^illautry;  of  which, 
who  ever  is  complcat  Mafter,  can 
never  fail  of  being  both  admir'd,and 
bclov'd.  This  Accomplilliment  is 
beft,  if  JiQi  only  to  be  acquir'd  by 
'■■■■■!  «onVerfing 


[■43] 
converring  with  us  ;  for  befidcs  th« 
natural  Deference,  which  the  Males 
of  every  obfervablcSpecics  of  the  cre- 
ation pay  to  their  Females,  and  the 
Rcafons  before  given  for  Complacence, 
which  all  hold  good  here,  there  is 
a  tender  Softnefs  in  the  Frame  of 
our  Minds,  as  well  as  in  the  Confti* 
tution  of  our  Bodies,  which  inlpircs 
Men,  a  Sex  more  rugged,  with  the 
like  Sentiments,  and  Affedtions, 
and  inful'es  gently  and  inienfibly 
a  Care  to  oblige,  and  a  Concern 
not  to  offend  us. 


Hence  it  is  that  they  employ  all '*»»»//>, 
their  Art,  Wit,  and  Iitvention  to  fay,  i'",Cr*^^ 
and  do  things,  that  may  appear  to<i«>. 
us,furprizing  and  agreable.cither  for 
their  Novelty ,  or  Contrivance.   The 
very  End  and  Nature  of  Converla- 
tion  among  us  retrench  abundance 
of  thole  things,  which   make  the 
greateft   part   of   Men^  difcourlc, 
and    they   find  themlelvcs  oblig'd 
to  drain  their  Inventions  to  fetch 
from  other  Springs,  Screams  proper 
to   entertain  us  with.    This  puts 
'cm  upon  beating  ai>d  ranging  o're 

the 


[»44] 

:hie  Fields  of  Fancy  to  ^nd  fome^ 
:hing  new,  fomccliing,  pretty  to  oi* 
xt  to  us,  and  by  this  means  rcfinds 
It  the  fame  time  their  Wit,  and  enl- 
arges, and  extends  their  Invention; 
For  by  forcing  cm  out  of  the  com* 
Inon  Road,  they  are  ncccflitated  to 
Invent  new  Argumcnts.and  feck  new 
*vays  to  divert  and  plcafe  us,  and 
•y  reflraining  the  large  Liberty  they 
:akc  one  with   another,  they  ar« 
lompell'd  to  pohfli   their  Wit,  and 
lie  off*  the  Roughnels  of  it.    To 
:his    they  owe,    the  Neatncfs  of 
aillcry,    to  which  abundance    of 
Gcntkmen    arc  now  arriv'd;    For 
Contrariety    of  Opinions,    being 
that  which  gives  Life,  and   Spirit 
to  Convcrfation,  ds  well  Women  as 
^en,  do  frequently  hold  Arguments 
Contrary  to  their  real  Opinions,  on- 
ly to  heigthcn  the  Diverfioii,  and  im- 
prove the  pltafure  of  Society.    In 
tjhcfc  the   utmoft  Care  is  taken  to 
4void  all  things  that  may  found  harfti, 
(^ffenfive,  or  indecent,  their  Wit  ia 
4mploy'd  only  to  raife  mirth,  and 
promote  good  Humour,  Conditions 
ijlitc  can't  well  be  obf^rv'd,  wlicn 

Men 


>iiwr»> 


Mtfft  contend  for  Realiticp,  ihd  dif- 
Jbote  fbr  tte  Reputatibfibf  their '»•''"'" /i^ 
Wit  bf  Judfehient,  dnd  tUeimh  of^X'"'" 
ihtir  Opinibhs.  *1ri^  true,  theft 
lifl^fovemeiit'S  ^c  to  be  madi'  only 
jbrMen,  that  li'ave  by  Nature  an 
^iwrotablc  Stock  of  Wit  and  good 
Witc;  Foir  thofe  that  bavo  'it^or, 
DCtrig  unaole  to  dirtingiiilh  Wiiat  is 
ipifb'^er  For  their  tmitat^ori,  iare  apt 
to  Ape  us  jri  thofdlrtiin&s  tVhitli  arfe 
the  peculiar  Graces  and  OrnimentS 

g'  f  bUr  Sex,  and  which  art  tlic  im- 
mediate OmM  ptSi^ht,  itiid  nc(id 
Vid  Further  Rcfle(Jlion,  Hr  thinking: 
y%\i  Affe^atipn  is  nbtoridui  In  our 
Modem  Bfuu"s,  who  ol5{ervipg  thC 
Care  takerf  W  jlbinc  of  oUr  Sotin  thd 
fet'tfng  of  'tlneir  Perfons,  without 
benetratine  any  farther  into  the 
Realbns  Women  have  for  it,  or  con- 
iidering,  (hat  \vhat  became  tlicm, 
ffiight  be  ridiculous  in  themfdvcs, 
fi|r  to  lickingl  fpinidng  and  dref- 
l^hg;  tlieir  Campaign  Face^,  and  ill 
ionttiv'd  bodies,  tliat  i\oW,  liMc  all 
f  ooliflj  TmitatourS,  they  out-do  the 
Ordinals,  and  Out-powdtfr,  out- 
bim\,  arid  out-paint  thb  Vaineft: 
*  L  and 


I       !  .['4<5] 

$nd  mod  gctravaganc  of  our  Sex  ac 
thofe  Follies,  and  arc,  perpetually 
(^cKing;  Bruftling,  Twinng/^rw 
'^  jjnajcing  Grimaces,  as  if  ^^cy  e»* 
pcOcivf^  Ihou'd  make  Addreflfel| 

io  'cm  iii  a  fhort  Time.  Yet  oughi: 
IOC  chis  CO  difcourage  any  Ingenlov^ 
'crfon,  or  bring  any  Scandal  ucotf 
our  Converfation,  any  more  tnaa 
gravelling  out  to  be  brought  intd 
pifrepute,  becaufc  it  is  obferv'd, 
that  thofc,  who  go  alroaJ  Fools,  re- 
turn  Fops.  It  is  not  ill  our po\tcr^6 
alter  Nature,  but  to  Polim  it,  'an4 
if  an  Afs  has  learnt  all  his  Pace$: 
jcJs  as  much  as  the  thing  i»  c^jn* 
ble  of,  'twere  abfurd  to  expciljic 
lliou'dchop  Logick.  This  is  fb  far 
from  being  an  Objcdipn  againi^  us, 
chat  it  is  an  Argument,  that  non^ 
but  Ingenious  Men  are  doely  quali* 
hed  to  converfe  with  ^s ;  Who  by 
i)ur  Means  have  not  only  b:enfit- 
y  red,  and  finifli'd  for  great  things, 
but  have  aStuiWy  afpir'd  to  'em. 
]'or  'f.is  my  Opinion,  that  wccf^6 
I  he  Neac,  Gentile  Raillery  iii  Sis' 
tleorge  F-iheretlge,  and  Sir  Cburlei 
i'fi'Mi  Vkyh    and   the    Gallan; 


[147] 
Vcrfes  of  Mr.  Wal/er  to  their  Cob- 
Tcrfing  mpch  with  Ladies.  And  1 
remember  an  Opinion  of  a  very  In- 
getiious  Perfon,  who  afcribes  the 
RUine  of  the  S^  inijh  (ir.weleurin  great 
tneafurc,  to  the  ridiculing  in  the 
Perfon  of  Don  Qjtixot,  the  Gallantry 
of  that  l^ation  toward  their  Lake's, 
This  Opinion  however  Ingenious 
carries  me  beyond  the  Scope  and  de- 
(jgn  of  the  prefent  Argument,  and 
therefore  I  ihall  leave  all  further 
Confideration  of  it  to  thofe  that  are 
more  at  leifure,  and  lefs  weary  than 
I, am  at  prefent. 

There  remain  yet  fome  things  to 
be  fpoken  to,  but  I  mud  confeVs  to 
you,  Madam,  that  I  am  already  very 
much  tired,  and  'I  have  reafon  tq 
fear  that  you  are  more.  When  yoi^ 
enjoyn'd  me  this  Task,  I  believe, 
you  did  not  cxped,  I  am  lure,  I 
did  not  intend  lb  long  a  Letter.  I 
know  I  have  written  too  much,  yet 
Ilcave  you  to  judgcjwhcthcr  it  be 
enough.  One  Experience  I  haro 
gain'd  by  chis  Eflay,  tlwt  I  find, 
)||fl)Cn  Qur  Hands  are  in,    'tis   as 


[M8  3 

lard  ;o  fto;^  'em,  as  pur  Top^ucf, 

nd  iM  di/Hcult  npc  to  writ,  as  net 

t^k  coo    much.    I  have  dooc 

otidring  ac  thofe  Men,  tliac.  cau 

Write  huge  Volumes  uppa  flender 

^uhje^s,  and  iliali  Iwreafter  admire 

iheir  J,udg>nent  only,  who  can  con- 
i|icchc|f  Imaginations,  and  curb 
heir  wandring  Fancies'.    I  pretend 
fio  Obligation-  upon  our  Sex  for  tbis 
Attempt  in  their  Defence ;  bceaufc 
|t  was   undertaken  at  your  Com- 
l^nd,  and  for  youc  DiverHon  only, 
hjch   if  I  have  in  any  meafurc 
atisfTcd,  I  haveiJiy  Ambition,  and 
lali  beg  nothing  farther,  than  that 
ny  ready  Obedience  may  cxcpfe 
I  he  mean  Performance  of. 


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THE 

CONTENTS. 


ARgUTMHt  from  Prcvideme^  p.  % 
from  the  different  MokCt 

'   and  temper  of  Body   in  the  two 

Sexes,  p.  18. 
/imazoHS,  why  they  hn'tfht  Men,  p.  x^. 
^dvautages  ofH^emf»sC:otMfui»y,ip.i}  J. 

U 

Bad/es  Orga/Hi'd  alike,  p.  i  z, 

p^Htes  oj  hoth  Sexes  ofe^ua/Je»J^,^.  I  \. 

Bully's  Charader,  p.  6x. 

Beak's  Chiiratler,  p.  68. 

^oajiere  ofhtfiytes  lajel'elkves,^.  1x5^ 


f^ityerftjt/pM,  its  End,  R«  ?• 
"■■■  ■'"  its  reqitifite  Conditions,,  p.  9. 
Country  Squire's  Churaller,  p.  xo. 
Coffee'houfeVolitici.m  Ckirailer,^,%f* 
City  Militia,  p.  .91, 
CityCritici'sQhtirailer,  p.  119, 
Complikence bow  acquii'd,  p.  13(5. 


r^j 


The  Contents, 


Df0(fetice  of  themfehes  'a  grat  Jifcou- 

ragemcHt  to  Women,  ^.  ^^. 
VffmulatioMnecejfary,  p.  no.      - 

-4 why  mefi  us'dhy  Men,  p.  nxi. 

— ^—when  Criminal,  p.  113. 
-H — How  differing  from  aeceitpja* 


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iv 


EdMations.  Mens  greatefl  advantage^ 

p.   6*  ; 

*-I—  Of  the  Female  Sex  notfo  deficient 

as  commonly  fuppos'd,  p.  3d. 
Englijh  Books  very  inproving,  p.  41. 
— — Ar/? helps  toConverfation,  p.  47-, 
■£m)y  mojl  injurious  to  Virtue,  p,  1 16. 

f 
■  t 

F 

Friendfhip,  its  reqttifite  Conditions, 

D.  9.  / 

Failings  faljly  charged  on  Women,  p.6o, 
//Wf  no  fit  Companions  for  Women,  p. 

Gentlemen,  left  Writers  of  Morality^ 

Humanity,  &c.  p.  fi. 
QatUntry,  hov  acquit  d,  p.  140. 

llow 


The  Contents^ 

■  '        How  dijlinguijht  from  CompU* 
cence,  p.  i^x. 

t 

\ 

Invention  improvable  ty  fhi  Sodtty  (tf 

Women,  p.  143. 
Ignorance  of  Latin  no  difadvantage^ 

Imitation  ridiculous,  p.  66i 
Impertinence,  p.  84. 

■  "  '  commonly  miftaken.  p.  84. 
"•^-'■^ Epidemical,  p.  85^^ 

Officious,  p.  94. 
•i To  hemeafurd  iy  its  Artifice, 

p.  109. 

t 
Learning  unjuflly  reflrain'd  to  Latin 

4nd  Greek  on^,  p.  4jf. 
Love  frequently  falfe.  p.  irj. 
Levity,  what,  p.  1 14. 
•— — ^ — -Lefs  among  Women  than  Men, 

p.  IXf. 
Love,  whyjofoon,  cold,  p.  118. 


Pedant's  Charailer,  p.  17. 
fiiats  of  deep  Learning  and  Portticjis', 
improper  for  mixtConverfati^^'^.afii 
Poetafter's  Charailer,  p.  79. 

Tht 


1*hetdtftctttt. 


Tfe  Quejlkn  Jlate^,  p.  6:    '  ^""'^ 
t;onverJathn\  p".  2  8 . 

[  ■  S '  ■  '  ■  ■  ■        * 

Sattque  La^  itsOr^iei)tal:io.'%L'^ 

I  .,       .  ^-         ;'^"^ 

VuigOrofhoth  Sij^es  of  ejualVa^a* 
ytmijy  tkiiyitr  dfmdht  b.  69. 


/,  P.  8x.   •  f 


■Univerjal,  p. 
y(^Utofy[S(Charaiier,.^.  ^6i         ^^^^ 

Women  hred  to  tot  muck  tgnoranh  d 
Btifinefs.p.  1 5.  '"^ 

>^~.^u^Indultrioi4l^  keff  in  ighor^cl^ 

-Wh^conftuMterLervtcs  ttaii^fi^ 
ii9- 


t.t 


■^Truer  Fr'ten^  than  Men,  andi 
Vfhy,^.  ^i^,.  .v.^.^,.  .  A.. 
••'^-^•tlot'itHerill^jaivffi^HS  dsTPffiu 


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